OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Greece

Information received on 23/12/2016 from Mr Spiros Doudounakis, Director, Animal Health Directorate, Directorate General of Veterinary Services / Animal Health Directorare , Ministry of Rural Development and Food , ATHENS, Greece

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	14/12/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	19/12/2016
Report date	23/12/2016
Date submitted to OIE	23/12/2016
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

ANATOLIKI MAKEDONIA KAI THRAKI ( Evros river delta )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)	**	**	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

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

Directorate of Veterinary Center of Thessaloniki / Laboratory of Avian Pathology (National Reference Laboratory for AI) ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Mute Swan	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	19/12/2016	Positive

Future Reporting

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