OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Sweden

Information received on 23/11/2016 from Dr Ingrid Eilertz, Chief Veterinary Officer Director and Head, Swedish Board of Agriculture Department for Animal Welfare and Health, Ministry for Rural Affairs, J?nk?ping, Sweden

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	14/11/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	23/11/2016
Report date	23/11/2016
Date submitted to OIE	23/11/2016
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	05/03/2015
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N8
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

SK?NE L?N ( Vellinge, H?llviken, Vellinge )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Common Goldeneye:Anatidae (Bucephala clangula)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Common Goldeneye:Anatidae (Bucephala clangula)	**	**	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
Epidemiological comments	In accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Article 10.4.1, point 8, this outbreak does not change the disease free status of Sweden as this is a wild bird and therefore do not fall within the OIE definition of poultry.

Control measures

Measures applied	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
Common Goldeneye	real-time PCR	22/11/2016	Positive
Common Goldeneye	virus sequencing	23/11/2016	Positive

Future Reporting

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