Information received on 02/05/2016 from Dr John Clifford, Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, United States of America
Report type |
Immediate notification |
Date of start of the event |
26/04/2016 |
Date of confirmation of the event |
30/04/2016 |
Report date |
02/05/2016 |
Date submitted to OIE |
02/05/2016 |
Reason for notification |
Reoccurrence of a listed disease |
Date of previous occurrence |
2016 |
Manifestation of disease |
Sub-clinical infection |
Causal agent |
Low pathogenic avian influenza virus |
Serotype |
H5N1 |
Nature of diagnosis |
Laboratory (advanced) |
This event pertains to |
a defined zone within the country |
Summary of outbreaks |
Total outbreaks: 1 | ||||||||||||
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Total animals affected |
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Outbreak statistics |
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Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection |
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Epidemiological comments |
The USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Missouri Department of Agriculture are conducting a comprehensive epidemiological investigation and have implemented enhanced surveillance and testing related to this event. Samples were initially collected from healthy, non-clinical turkeys as part of the routine, pre-slaughter surveillance that is done under the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Avian Influenza Clean Program (H5 and H7). Through this routine surveillance H5N1 low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) of North American wild bird lineage was identified and confirmed by partial HA/NA sequence. |
Measures applied |
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Measures to be applied |
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Laboratory name and type |
National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) ( National laboratory ) | |||||||||||||
Tests and results |
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