OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry) ,South Africa

Information received on 04/10/2012 from Dr Bothle Michael Modisane, Chief Director , Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Animal Production and Health, PRETORIA, South Africa

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	01/06/2012
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	29/06/2012
Report date	04/10/2012
Date submitted to OIE	04/10/2012
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	11/05/2012
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N2
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE ( LPAI_2012_H5N2_001, Stellenbosch LPAI_2012_H5N2_002, Hessequa )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	1952	357	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	18.29%	0.05%	0.28%	0.05%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	One ostrich died. LPAI H5N2 isolated. No further clinical signs. Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: H5 and H7 avian influenza in its low pathogenic form in poultry is a notifiable disease as per Chapter 10.4. on avian influenza of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2012).

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Movement control inside the country Screening Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Agricultural Research Council - Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (ARC – OVI) ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	gene sequencing	29/06/2012	Positive

Future Reporting

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