OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia

Information received on 23/11/2016 from Dr Evgeny Nepoklonov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Ministry of Agriculture, Moscow, Russia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	07/11/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	17/11/2016
Report date	23/11/2016
Date submitted to OIE	23/11/2016
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	15/06/2016
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

RESPUBLIKA KALMYKIYA ( Oktyabr’sky, Yashaltinsky Solenoe, Yashaltinsky )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	203	137	137		0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	67.49%	67.49%	100.00%	**

* 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	Genome of H5 avian influenza virus was detected in 4 samples from carcasses of domestic birds (goose, hen, guinea fowl). Sequence analysis of the isolates showed that they belonged to the Asian HPAI virus H5 lineage A/Guandong/1/96, clade 2.3.4.4.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection / Disinfestation Quarantine Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Control of wildlife reservoirs Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Stamping out

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Stavropolskaya veterinary laboratory ( Local laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	17/11/2016	Positive

Laboratory name and type

All-Russian Research Institute for Animal Health (FGBI-ARRIAH) ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species