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

Information received on 12/01/2017 from Dr Jozef Bires , Director & Chief Veterinary Officer , State Veterinary and Food Administration , Ministry of Agriculture, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	02/01/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	03/01/2017
Report date	12/01/2017
Date submitted to OIE	12/01/2017
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	24/02/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

KOSICE ( Kosice, Kosice )
NITRA ( Velke Kosihy, Komarno )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Muscovy Duck:Anatidae (Cairina moschata)	341	4	0	4	0
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)		27	26	1	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Muscovy Duck:Anatidae (Cairina moschata)	1.17%	0.00%	0.00%	1.17%
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)	**	**	96.30%	**

* 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	Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Control of wildlife reservoirs Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Veterinary Institute, Zvolen ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Muscovy Duck	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)