OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Vietnam(H5N6)

Information received on 20/02/2017 from Dr Dong Pham Van, Director General, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hano?, Vietnam

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	12/02/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	16/02/2017
Report date	20/02/2017
Date submitted to OIE	20/02/2017
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	07/2016
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N6
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

QUANG NGAI ( Pho Cuong, Pho Cuong, Duc Pho )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	6160	4500	2000	4160	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	73.05%	32.47%	44.44%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s) Disinfection / Disinfestation Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Stamping out No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Regional Animal Health Office No.4 (RAHO4) ( Regional Laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	16/02/2017	Positive

Future Reporting

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