OIE: Avian influenza in Egypt-Follow-up report No. 4

Information received on 20 September 2006 from Dr Ahmed Tawfik Mohamed, Chairman of the General Organization for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo:

End of previous report period: 10 August 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [33], 606, dated 17 August 2006).

End of this report period: 20 September 2006.

Identification of agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 17 February 2006.

Date of start of the event: 17 February 2006.

Clinical disease: yes.

Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.

New outbreaks:

First administrative division (governorate) Lower administrative divisions Type of epide-miolo-gical unit Name of the location Date of start of the outbreak Spe-cies Number of animals in the outbreaks
suscep-tible cases deaths des-
troyed
slaugh-tered
Cairo Hadaiek el koba village Hadaiek el koba 31 August 2006 avi 1
Cairo Madenet Nasr village El hai el thamen 31 August 2006 avi 1
Cairo Mataria village Mattaria 31 August 2006 avi 1
Damietta Damietta village Damietta city 4 September 2006 avi 1
Damietta Damietta village Damietta city 6 September 2006 avi 1
Giza Badrashine village Hawamdia 6 September 2006 avi 1
Giza Nahia village Bolaq ElDakrour 5 September 2006 avi 1
Sohag Gerga village El-raqaqna 29 August 2006 avi 1

Affected population: backyard poultry.

Diagnosis:

Laboratories where diagnostic tests were performed Species examined Diagnostic test used Dates Results
Central Laboratory for Veterinary Inspection of poultry production avi RT-PCR(1) 29 August - 10 September 2006 positive for H5N1

Source of new outbreaks: unknown or inconclusive.

Control measures applied:

- stamping out;

- movement control inside the country;

- screening;

- vaccination;

- disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s).

Vaccination in response to the outbreaks:

First administrative division Species Total number of animals vaccinated* Details of the vaccine
in backyards in farms
Al Behira avi 360,000 37,000,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Dakhlia avi 360,000 35,700,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Fayoum avi 1,265,000 7,300,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Gharbia avi 335,000 25,600,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Giza avi 240,000 35,000,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Ismalia avi 95,000 4,500,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Menia avi 240,000 5,400,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Monofia avi 335,000 23,700,000 inactivated vaccine
Al Wadi Al Gadid avi 120,000 0 inactivated vaccine
Alexandria avi 130,000 4,250,000 inactivated vaccine
Aswan avi 95,000 1,000,000 inactivated vaccine
Bani Sueif avi 240,000 5,000,000 inactivated vaccine
Cairo avi 0 1,530,000 inactivated vaccine
Damietta avi 215,000 15,300,000 inactivated vaccine
Kafr El Sheikh avi 285,000 25,200,000 inactivated vaccine
Kaliubia avi 310,000 30,001,000 inactivated vaccine
Luxor avi 25,000 500,000 inactivated vaccine
Matrouh avi 80,000 500,000 inactivated vaccine
North Sinai avi 180,000 500,000 inactivated vaccine
Port Said avi 35,000 2,100,000 inactivated vaccine
Qena avi 70,000 1,000,000 inactivated vaccine
Sharkia avi 360,000 55,250,000 inactivated vaccine
Suez avi 45,000 2,500,000 inactivated vaccine

* total number since the start of the vaccination programme.

Treatment of affected animals: no.

Vaccination prohibited: no.

Final report: no.

(1) RT-PCR: reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction