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

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Serbia
submited by kickingbird at Mar, 1, 2017 23:50 PM from OIE

Information received on 01/03/2017 from Dr Budimir Plav?i?, Head, Animal Health Department Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Belgrade, Serbia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	20/01/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	25/01/2017
Report date	01/03/2017
Date submitted to OIE	01/03/2017
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N5
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

SRBIJA ( Botos-reka Tamis, Zrenjanin, Srednjebanatski )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)	**	**	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	Movement control inside the country Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Veterinary Specialist Institute, Kraljevo ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Mute Swan	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	25/01/2017	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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