OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,France (H5N9)

Information received on 08/12/2015 from Dr Loic Evain, Directeur Général adjoint, CVO, Direction générale de l´alimentation, Ministère de l´Agriculture, de l´Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt, Paris, France

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	18/11/2015
Date of confirmation of the event	06/12/2015
Report date	08/12/2015
Date submitted to OIE	09/12/2015
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Virus de l´influenza aviaire hautement pathogène
Serotype	H5N9
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 3

Outbreak Location

LANDES ( DOAZIT, DOAZIT JOSSE, JOSSE )
DORDOGNE ( BOSSET, BOSSET )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	25630	754 **	754	24376	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	**	2.94%	**	98.05%

* 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	Le sérotype H5N9 a été identifié pour la première fois en France mais sa présence est limitée à une zone (départements des Landes et de la Dordogne, appartenant à la même région).

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection / Disinfestation Traceability Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Stamping out Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Laboratoire national de référence pour l´influenza aviaire et la maladie de Newcastle de l´ANSES ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	nucleotide sequencing	06/12/2015	Positive
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	06/12/2015	Positive

Future Reporting

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