OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal
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Information received on 13/04/2019 from Dr Bimal Kumar Nirmal, Director General, Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, NEPAL, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4
Date of start of the event	14/02/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	06/03/2019
Report date	13/04/2019
Date submitted to OIE	13/04/2019
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	10/09/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (17/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (24/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (31/03/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (04/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (13/04/2019)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1

Godabari-1, Damaitar, Lalitpur, Bagmati

Date of start of the outbreak

12/04/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	1000	123	123	877	0

Affected population

Commercial layers of 42 weeks old

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	1000	123	123	877	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	12.30%	12.30%	100.00%	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

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Traceability Quarantine Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Disinfection Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=30158

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