OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Germany

OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Germany
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 24, 2009 7:7 AM from OIE

Information received on 20/11/2009 from Prof. Dr. Werner?Zwingmann, Ministerialdirigent, Head of dep. animal health and food hygiene, Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection(BMELV) , Bonn, Germany

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	19/11/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	20/11/2009
Report date	20/11/2009
Date submitted to OIE	20/11/2009
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	28/04/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5)
Serotype	Pending
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

THURINGEN (Gro遷echsungen, Werther, Nordhausen)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	2420	25	25	10	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	1.03%	1.03%	100.00%	1.45%

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

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Vaccination is forbidden for poultry and is only allowed for zoo birds. Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: H5 and H7 avian influenza in its low pathogenic form in poultry is a notifiable disease as per Chapter 10.4. on avian influenza of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2009).

Control measures

Measures applied	Control of wildlife reservoirs Movement control inside the country Screening Zoning Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Stamping out

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (OIE抯 Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	virus isolation	20/11/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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