OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Czech Republic

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Czech Republic
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Information received on 29/06/2007 from Mr Josef Vitásek, Director of the Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Protection of Health and Animal Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture , PRAGUE, Czech Republic

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	26/06/2007
Date of confirmation of event	28/06/2007
Report date	29/06/2007
Date submitted to OIE	29/06/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	06/2006
Manifestation of disease	Sub-clinical infection
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

JIHOMORAVSKY (Lednice, Breclav)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Wild species		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Wild species	-	-	100.00%	-

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures already applied	Screening Control of wildlife reservoirs Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

State Veterinary Institute (SVI), Prague (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	gene sequencing	28/06/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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