OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Germany

OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Germany
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Information received on 24/01/2017 from Dr. Karin Schwabenbauer, Ministerial Dirigentin and Chief Veterinary Officer , Directorate of Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Bundesministerium für Ern?hrung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) , Bonn, Germany

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	22/12/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	11/01/2017
Report date	24/01/2017
Date submitted to OIE	24/01/2017
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2014
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N3
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 3

Outbreak Location

NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN ( Bielefeld, Bielefeld )
SACHSEN-ANHALT ( Naumburg, Burgenlandkreis )
RHEINLAND-PFALZ ( W?rth am See, Germersheim )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	709	28		14

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	3.95%	**	**	**

* 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	No poultry or poultry products has been moved to other EU Member States or third countries.