OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Vietnam

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Vietnam
submited by kickingbird at Jul, 13, 2017 10:38 AM from OIE

Information received on 11/07/2017 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	04/07/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	06/07/2017
Report date	11/07/2017
Date submitted to OIE	12/07/2017
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	26/05/2017
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

HA NAM ( Liem Thuan, Liem Thuan, Thanh Liem )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	1135	500	300	835	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	44.05%	26.43%	60.00%	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	Movement control inside the country Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s) Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Stamping out Disinfection No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Center for Veterinary Diagnosis ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	06/07/2017	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.cnki.net

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