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

Information received on 03/02/2017 from Dr Per Starcke Henriksen, Chief Veterinary Officer, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Glostrup, Denmark

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	26/12/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	12/01/2017
Report date	03/02/2017
Date submitted to OIE	03/02/2017
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	2016
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 4

Outbreak Location

WEST ( Ormstrup Skov, Viborg Haderslev, Haderslev Eg? Engs?, ?rhus )
EAST ( Hesn?s, Guldborgsund )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
White-tailed Eagle:Accipitridae (Haliaeetus albicilla)		3	2	1	0
Eurasian Wigeon:Anatidae (Anas penelope)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
White-tailed Eagle:Accipitridae (Haliaeetus albicilla)	**	**	66.67%	**
Eurasian Wigeon:Anatidae (Anas penelope)	**	**	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

Contact with wild species

Epidemiological comments

The four cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5H8 in wild birds covered by this immediate notification have all been detected in 2017 and are epidemiologically linked to the cases reported in immediate notification and follow-up reports in November and December 2016.
In compliance with the letter of 26 December 2016 from the Director General, cases of HPAI in wild birds detected since 1 January 2017 are notified in WAHIS to the OIE using the new disease name “Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds)”.

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

National Veterinary Institute ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

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Species	Test	Test date	Result
Eurasian Wigeon	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	02/02/2017	Positive