OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Israel

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Israel
submited by kickingbird at Mar, 13, 2012 12:28 PM from OIE

Information received on 09/03/2012 from Dr Nadav Galon, Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, BET DAGAN, Israel

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	07/03/2012
Date of first confirmation of the event	08/03/2012
Report date	09/03/2012
Date submitted to OIE	09/03/2012
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	07/04/2011
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Outbreak 1 (SHALWA)

SHALWA, Ashkelon, HADAROM

Date of start of the outbreak

07/03/2012

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Village

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	11000	500	500

Affected Population

8-week-old turkeys. The flock is divided in three pens. Mortality was found in two pens.

Outbreak 2

HOLIT., Beer-sheva, HADAROM

Date of start of the outbreak

07/03/2012

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Village

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	40000	19000	10000

Affected Population

12-week-old turkeys. In one of the two pens there were 19,000 turkeys with very high morbidity and more than 50% mortality.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	51000	19500	10500

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	38.24%	20.59%	53.85%	**

* 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. Almost all the cases of H5N1 that have ever been in Israel occurred in March.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Avian Diseases Division, Kimron Veterinary Institute (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	08/03/2012	Positive
Birds	real-time PCR	08/03/2012	Positive
Birds	real-time PCR	09/03/2012	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://web.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=11725

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