OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry and wild birds), Ireland

Information received on 10/01/2017 from Dr Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin, Ireland

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	28/12/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	06/01/2017
Report date	10/01/2017
Date submitted to OIE	10/01/2017
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
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

WEXFORD ( Wexford Town, County Wexford )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Eurasian Wigeon:Anatidae (Anas penelope)		1	0	1	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Eurasian Wigeon:Anatidae (Anas penelope)	**	**	0.00%	**

* 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

On 28 December, one wigeon was found in a residential area in Wexford town, 600 metres from the harbour. The bird was alive but unable to fly, and it had no other clinical symptoms. It was euthanized and submitted for routine avian influenza surveillance. On 30 December the Irish Central Veterinary Research Laboratory confirmed H5N8. On 6 January highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 was confirmed.

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

Central Veterinary Research Laboratory ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Eurasian Wigeon	real-time PCR	30/12/2016	Positive