Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 29 Apr 2021
Confirmed: 3 May 2021
Reported: 27 May 2021
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 24 May 2020
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N1
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.

New outbreaks (1)
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks (1)
Outbreak location 1: Landkreis Coesfeld, Billerbeck, Coesfeld,
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Started: 29 Apr 2021
Ended: 4 May 2021
Epidemiological unit: not applicable
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Accipitridae (unidentified) (Accipitridae (incognita)):
Accipitridae-Accipitriformes / - / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or
inconclusive

Control measures at event level
Domestic control measures applied: control of wildlife reservoirs
Domestic and wild control measures applied: official disposal of
carcasses, by-products, and waste; control of wildlife reservoirs

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Outbreaks / Test / Test date /
Result
Friedrich-Loeffler Institute National Laboratory / Accipitridae
(unidentified) / 1 / polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/ positive