OIE: Equine influenza, India

OIE: Equine influenza, India
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2008 20:12 PM from OIE

Information received on 27/11/2008 from Dr Natarajan Gokulram, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, India

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	20/06/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event	07/07/2008
Report date	27/11/2008
Date submitted to OIE	28/11/2008
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	1988
Causal agent	A/equi-2
Serotype	H3N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location and Affected population

JAMMU & KASHMIR (Katra, Katra, Jammu; Anantnag, Anantnag) : animals basically used for local transport

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Equidae	10000	17967	16

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Equidae	**	**	0.09%	**

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: In addition to Anantnag, several other districts (Budgam, Pulwama, Srinagar, Kupwara, Baramula) are affected. More than two outbreaks are then reported, as shown by the number of affected districts.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) No vaccination Treatment of affected animals (symptomatic treatment of infected animals)
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar, Haryana (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Equidae	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	07/07/2008	Positive
Equidae	virus isolation	07/07/2008	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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