OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Turkey

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Turkey
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 10, 2007 10:40 AM from OIE

Information received on 09/02/2007 from Dr H Sungur, Director General, Animal Health, General Directorate of Protection and Control, ANKARA, Turkey

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	05/02/2007
Date of confirmation of event	08/02/2007
Report date	09/02/2007
Date submitted to OIE	09/02/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	31/03/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	Not typed
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic)
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New Outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	993	200	80	793	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	20.14%	8.06%	40.00%	87.92%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Elazig Veterinary Control and Research Institute (Regional Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	haemagglutination (HA) test	08/02/2007	Positive
Birds	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	08/02/2007	Negative
Birds	rapid tests	08/02/2007	Positive

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