OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 6, 2010 21:34 PM from OIE
Information received on 05/12/2010 from Dr Ram Krishna Khatiwada, Programme Director , Directorate of Animal Health , Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kathmandu, Nepal
Summary
Report type | Immediate notification (Final report) |
Start date | 25/10/2010 |
Date of first confirmation of the event | 27/10/2010 |
Report date | 05/12/2010 |
Date submitted to OIE | 05/12/2010 |
Date event resolved | 30/10/2010 |
Reason for notification | Reoccurrence of a listed disease |
Date of previous occurrence | 03/03/2010 |
Manifestation of disease | Clinical disease |
Causal agent | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
Serotype | H5N1 |
Nature of diagnosis | Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy |
This event pertains to | the whole country |
New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks | Total outbreaks: 1 | ||||||||||||
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Total animals affected |
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* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter |
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection |
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Epidemiological comments | Stamping out and cleaning and disinfection of the infected farm and premises were completed on 30 October 2010. Post-surveillance activities are ongoing and no further cases in other areas have been detected so far. |
Control measures
Measures applied |
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Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type | Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) (National laboratory) | ||||||||||||
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Laboratory name and type | Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE’s Reference Laboratory) | ||||||||||||
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Future Reporting
The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted. |
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