OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Thailand

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Thailand
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 25, 2007 19:56 PM from OIE

Information received on 24/01/2007 from Dr. Yukol Limlamthong, Director-General, Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, BANGKOK, Thailand

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	19/01/2007
Date of confirmation of event	23/01/2007
Report date	24/01/2007
Date submitted to OIE	24/01/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	09/01/2007
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	HPAI virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New Outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

NONG KHAI (Village No 8, PanPraow, SriChiangMai)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	2000	236	236	1764	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	11.80%	11.80%	100.00%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Under investigation
Epidemiological comments	A traditional farm with little biosecurity measures. It was surrounded by rice fields, fish ponds and water reservoir where there was an activity of wild birds.

Control measures

Measures already applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Dipping / Spraying Quarantine Stamping out Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Lower Northeasthern Veterinary Research and Development (KonKean) Centre, Department of Livestock Development. (Local laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	23/01/2007	Positive
Birds	virus isolation	23/01/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

Latest news in those days:

USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 5 days ago
USCDC: Urgent field correction notice 6 days ago
Joint FAO/WHO/WOAH preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses 6 days ago
Primers and probes for H5 and N1 qRT-PCR detection [CNIC] 7 days ago
USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 8 days ago

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