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

Information received on 17/01/2017 from Mr Devendra Chaudhry, Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi, India

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	05/12/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	16/12/2016
Report date	17/01/2017
Date submitted to OIE	17/01/2017
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2016
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

GUJARAT ( Wadhawana Lake, Dabhol, Vadodara )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Greylag Goose:Anatidae (Anser anser)		2	2	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Greylag Goose:Anatidae (Anser anser)	**	**	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	Screening Quarantine Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Greylag Goose	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	16/12/2016	Positive
Greylag Goose	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	16/12/2016	Positive
Greylag Goose	virus isolation	16/12/2016	Positive

Future Reporting

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