OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Israel

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Israel
submited by kickingbird at Mar, 8, 2011 22:55 PM from OIE

Information received on 07/03/2011 from Dr Michel Bellaiche, Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developement, BEIT DAGAN, Israel

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	05/03/2011
Date of first confirmation of the event	07/03/2011
Report date	07/03/2011
Date submitted to OIE	07/03/2011
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	02/2010
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

JEHUDA & SAMARIA (ROSH ZURIM, Beit-Lehem)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	13000	1000	200		0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	7.69%	1.54%	20.00%	**

* 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	The epidemiological investigation is ongoing. The farms are isolated.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Southern Poultry Health Laboratory (Local laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	virus isolation		Pending

Laboratory name and type

Kimron Veterinary institute (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	07/03/2011	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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