OIE:Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Saudi Arabia

OIE:Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Saudi Arabia
submited by kickingbird at Apr, 3, 2007 8:34 AM from OIE

Information received on 31/03/2007 from Mr Abdulghani Y. M. Al Fadhl, Director General, Animal and Plant Quarantine Department, Ministry of Agriculture, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	12/03/2007
Date of confirmation of event	12/03/2007
Report date	31/03/2007
Date submitted to OIE	02/04/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2001
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

ASH SHARQIYAH (Al-Gamma, Al-Gamma, Al-Katief)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	670	106	106	564	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	15.82%	15.82%	100.00%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Contact with wild Species
Fishers

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

Veterinary Laboratory, Riyadh (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	20/03/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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