OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,Korea (Rep. of)

Information received on 17/01/2014 from Dr TaeYung Kim, Director General, Livestock Policy Bureau, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Sejong-Si, Korea (Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	16/01/2014
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	16/01/2014
Report date	17/01/2014
Date submitted to OIE	18/01/2014
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	26/05/2011
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

JEOLLABUK-DO ( 488, Murim-ri, Sillim-myeon, Gochang-gun )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	21180	10	7	21163	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	0.05%	0.03%	70.00%	99.95%

* 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	Epidemiological survey is currently being implemented.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	16/01/2014	Positive
Birds	virus isolation	17/01/2014	Positive
Birds	virus sequencing	17/01/2014	Positive

Future Reporting

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