OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cambodia

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cambodia
submited by kickingbird at Apr, 19, 2019 10:26 AM from OIE

Information received on 18/04/2019 from Mr Phannara Tan, Director General, General Directorate of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	25/03/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	27/03/2019
Report date	18/04/2019
Date submitted to OIE	18/04/2019
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N6
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

Takeo ( Daunkeo market, Rokar Krao, Daunkeo )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	100	10	0	90	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	10.00%	0.00%	0.00%	90.00%

* 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 Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Traceability 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

Pasteur Institute in Cambodia ( Regional Reference Laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	25/03/2019	Positive

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=30220

Latest news in those days:

Primers and probes for H5 and N1 qRT-PCR detection [CNIC] 3 hours ago
USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 1 days ago
USFDA: Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) 2 days ago
Resources: Consensus sequences for U.S. H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b 3 days ago
USDA Publishes H5N1 Influenza A Virus Genetic Sequences on publicly available site 3 days ago

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