Report type: immediate notification
Started: 24 Feb 2023
Confirmed: 1 Mar 2023
Reported: 6 Mar 2023
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 13 Jan 2021
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N1
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, necropsy, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.

Outbreak location: Torb Sdarch village, Ba Phnum, Prey Veng
Started: 24 Feb 2023
Epidemiological unit: other
Total animals affected: -
Affected population: wildlife (species unspecified)

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: contact with wild
species

Control measures at event level:
Control measures applied in domestic: surveillance within the
restricted zone; official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and
waste; surveillance outside the restricted zone; official destruction
of animal products; zoning; ante and post-mortem inspections;
traceability; slaughter; quarantine; stamping out; screening;
selective killing and disposal; movement control; control of wildlife
reservoirs; disinfection; disinfestation.
Control measures applied in wild: surveillance within the restricted
zone; official disposal of carcasses; by-products and waste;
surveillance outside the restricted zone; official destruction of
animal products; ante and post-mortem inspections.

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Outbreaks / Test / Test date /
Result
National Animal Health and Production Research Institute (NAHPRI) /
wildlife / 1 / Real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) / 1
Mar 2023 / positive