OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Saudi Arabia

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Saudi Arabia
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 20, 2007 8:50 AM from OIE

Information received on 19/11/2007 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	12/11/2007
Date of confirmation of event	13/11/2007
Report date	19/11/2007
Date submitted to OIE	19/11/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	27/03/2007
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Entire country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 4

Outbreak Location

AR RIYAD (Hiathem; Dhurma; Al-Muzahmiyah; Al-Kharj)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	50000	1500	1500	220500	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	3.00%	3.00%	100.00%	444.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Riyadh (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	haemagglutination (HA) test	15/11/2007	Positive
Birds	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	15/11/2007	Positive
Birds	reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	13/11/2007	Positive

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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