OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Iran

Information received on 09/03/2019 from Dr Alireza Rafiepoor, Head of Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO), Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO), Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Tehran, Iran

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	26/02/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	26/02/2019
Report date	09/03/2019
Date submitted to OIE	09/03/2019
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	28/01/2019
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

East Azarbayejan ( Tabriz City )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	31	31	10	21	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	100.00%	32.26%	32.26%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Based on Iran´s HPAI control strategy, four different steps of HPAI operational control program (1- report/ detect, 2- confirmation, 3- extinction, 4- closure) are ongoing. The main objective of our National Program is to close the HPAI outbreaks; through trace-back and trace-forward investigation, these new outbreaks were reported and closed successfully

Control measures

Measures applied	Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Screening Quarantine Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Zoning Disinfection Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Provincial Veterinary Laboratory of East Azarbayejan ( Local laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	26/02/2019