OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Germany
submited by kickingbird at Jun, 27, 2007 6:29 AM from OIE
Information received on 26/06/2007 from Mr Werner Zwingmann, Ministerialdirigent, "Leiter der Unterabteilung Tiergesundheit und Lebensmittelhygiene", Bundesministerium für Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany
Summary
Report type | Immediate notification |
Start date | 24/06/2007 |
Date of confirmation of event | 24/06/2007 |
Report date | 26/06/2007 |
Date submitted to OIE | 26/06/2007 |
Reason for notification | Reoccurrence of a listed disease |
Date of previous occurrence | 03/08/2006 |
Manifestation of disease | Clinical disease |
Causal agent | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
Serotype | H5N1 |
Nature of diagnosis | Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy |
Report pertains to | Defined zone within the country |
New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks | Total outbreaks: 6 | ||||||||||||
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Epidemiology
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Epidemiological comments | Affected birds: swans and ducks. Movement control is applied in the restriction zones as well as disinfection and sensitization of staff in poultry holdings in the restricted zones and reinforcement of wild birds monitoring. |
Control measures
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Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type | Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (National laboratory) | ||||||||
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- USCDC: Monitoring for Influenza in Wastewater 2 days ago
- USFDA: Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) 4 days ago
- USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update 6 days ago
- USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1 6 days ago
- U.S.: HPAI detection in Idaho poultry flock 9 days ago
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