OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Myanmar
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 18, 2011 21:12 PM from OIE
Information received on 18/01/2011 from Prof. Dr Myint Thein , Director General, Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department , Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries , YANGOON , Myanmar
Summary
Report type | Immediate notification |
Start date | 06/01/2011 |
Date of first confirmation of the event | 16/01/2011 |
Report date | 18/01/2011 |
Date submitted to OIE | 18/01/2011 |
Reason for notification | Reoccurrence of a listed disease |
Date of previous occurrence | 26/03/2010 |
Manifestation of disease | Clinical disease |
Causal agent | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
Serotype | H5 |
Nature of diagnosis | Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy |
This event pertains to | a defined zone within the 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 | The layer chickens were 3 months old. There were a total of 800 chickens. Chicken deaths started from 6 January and a total of 500 chickens died. HPAI virus was detected by PCR. There are 8 farms in this village with a total of 5,000 chickens. All are layer chickens of different ages. |
Control measures
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Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type | Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Yangon (National laboratory) | ||||||||||||
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Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted. |
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