OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia
submited by kickingbird at Jun, 26, 2010 17:25 PM from OIE

Information received on 25/06/2010 from Dr Nicolay Vlasov, CVO, Veterinary services, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Moscow, Russia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	05/06/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	11/06/2010
Report date	25/06/2010
Date submitted to OIE	25/06/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	13/01/2010
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Wild species		367	367	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild species	**	**	100.00%	**

* 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: further information on Latin and common names of the main affected species has been requested.

Control measures

Measures applied	Screening No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

All-Russian Research Institute for Animal Health (FGI-ARRIAH) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	nucleotide sequencing	25/06/2010	Positive
Wild species	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	23/06/2010	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Moscow (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	18/06/2010	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Kemerovo Interregional Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	11/06/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

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