OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia
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Information received on 09/02/2007 from Mr Evgueny A. Nepoklonov, Deputy Head, Orlikov per., 1/11, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, MOSCOU, Russia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	12/01/2007
Date of confirmation of event	26/01/2007
Report date	09/02/2007
Date submitted to OIE	09/02/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	08/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Entire country

New Outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 3

Outbreak Location

KRASNODARSKIY KRAY (Upornaya, Labinsk ; Labinsk , Labinsk ; Borodinskaya, Primorsko-Akhtarsky)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	147	29	29	118	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	19.73%	19.73%	100.00%	100.00%

* 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 Screening Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s) Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Quarantine Stamping out Control of wildlife reservoirs Zoning Vaccination permitted No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Federal Centre for Animal Health (FGI-ARRIAH) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	29/01/2007	Positive
Birds	virus isolation	29/01/2007	Positive

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