OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, United Kingdom-Follow-up report No.10

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 10
Start date	27/01/2007
Date of confirmation of event	03/02/2007
Report date	13/04/2007
Date submitted to OIE	13/04/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	03/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Entire country
Related reports	Immediate notification (03/02/2007) Follow-up report No. 1 (09/02/2007) Follow-up report No. 2 (16/02/2007) Follow-up report No. 3 (23/02/2007) Follow-up report No. 4 (02/03/2007) Follow-up report No. 5 (09/03/2007) Follow-up report No. 6 (19/03/2007) Follow-up report No. 7 (23/03/2007) Follow-up report No. 8 (02/04/2007) Follow-up report No. 9 (04/04/2007) Follow-up report No. 10 (13/04/2007)
Outbreaks	There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Unknown or inconclusive Epidemiological investigation underway
Epidemiological comments	With effect from 12 March 2007 all zone restrictions have been lifted and the outbreak has finished. Vaccination in poultry is prohibited. Vaccination is permitted in zoo birds subject to strict controls in accordance with EU rules. Final cleansing and disinfection of the single infected premises is in progress and will be reported when completed.

Control measures

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