OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

Information received on 26/02/2014 from Dr Nar Bahadur Rajwar, Director General, Department of Livestock Services, Department of Livestock Services, Lalitpur, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	13/02/2014
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	18/02/2014
Report date	26/02/2014
Date submitted to OIE	26/02/2014
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	10/10/2013
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

KOSHI (Itahari Municipality 7, Itahari, Sunsari)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	2000	570	570	1430	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	28.50%	28.50%	100.00%	100.00%

* 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	Birds showed depression, decreased egg production followed by death with cyanosis, respiratory distress, paralysis.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Central Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	18/02/2014	Positive

Future Reporting

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