OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,India

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,India
submited by kickingbird at Mar, 19, 2015 8:57 AM from OIE

Information received on 18/03/2015 from Mr Anup Kumar Thakur, Secretary, Government of India, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, India

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	04/03/2015
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	13/03/2015
Report date	18/03/2015
Date submitted to OIE	18/03/2015
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	18/01/2015
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
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

UTTAR PRADESH ( Sari Ka Purwa, Shukul Bazaar, Amethi )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	1031	187	187	844	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	18.14%	18.14%	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	Epidemiological investigation is on going. An intensive surveillance campaign has been launched in a 10 km radius zone.

Control measures

Measures applied	Stamping out Quarantine Movement control inside the country Screening 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

National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	13/03/2015	Positive
Birds	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	13/03/2015	Positive

Future Reporting

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