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

Information received on 22/06/2017 from Dr Taina Aaltonen, Chief Veterinary Officer and Deputy Director General, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki, Finland

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Date of start of the event	26/05/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	02/06/2017
Report date	22/06/2017
Date submitted to OIE	22/06/2017
Date event resolved	22/06/2017
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	27/04/2017
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

L?NSI- JA SIS?-SUOMI ( Sastamala )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Whooper Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus cygnus)		1	0	1	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Whooper Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus cygnus)	**	**	0.00%	**

* 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 Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Finnish Food Safety Authority, Evira ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Whooper Swan	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	31/05/2017	Positive
Whooper Swan	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	01/06/2017