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 | ||||||||||||
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* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter |
Epidemiology
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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
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Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type | Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (OIE抯 Reference Laboratory) | ||||||||
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Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted. |