OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Denmark

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Denmark
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 15, 2016 7:13 AM from OIE

Information received on 11/11/2016 from Dr Per Starcke Henriksen, Chief Veterinary Officer, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Glostrup, Denmark

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	08/11/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	10/11/2016
Report date	11/11/2016
Date submitted to OIE	11/11/2016
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

EAST ( Christinia, Copenhagen Stege, Vordingborg )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Tufted Duck:Anatidae (Aythya fuligula)		11	11	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Tufted Duck:Anatidae (Aythya fuligula)	**	**	100.00%	**

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;
** Not calculated because of missing information;

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive Contact with wild species
Epidemiological comments	All shows and other gatherings of birds and poultry are prohibited with immediate notice. Herd owners and backyard poultry owners must as far as possible keep their birds indoors and follow the recommendations for biosecurity measures. The same applies to zoos. These measures apply to the whole country.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Veterinary Institute ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Tufted Duck	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	10/11/2016	Positive
Tufted Duck	virus sequencing	10/11/2016	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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