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

Information received on 12/11/2015 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	25/08/2015
Date of confirmation of the event	17/09/2015
Report date	12/11/2015
Date submitted to OIE	12/11/2015
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	09/2014
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H7
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE ( LPAI_H7_2015_001, Camdeboo )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	1200	12	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	1.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

* 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	Could not determine N-type yet.

Control measures

Measures applied	Screening Quarantine 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	virus sequencing	17/09/2015	Positive

Future Reporting

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