OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Egypt

Information received on 07/09/2017 from Dr Ibrahim Mahrous Saleh Mohamed, Chairman, General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS), Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Cairo, Egypt

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 5 (Final report)
Date of start of the event	24/11/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	26/11/2016
Report date	07/09/2017
Date submitted to OIE	07/09/2017
Date event resolved	07/09/2017
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (30/11/2016) Follow-up report No. 1 (12/01/2017) Follow-up report No. 2 (22/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 3 (14/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 4 (22/05/2017) Follow-up report No. 5 (07/09/2017)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied

Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)

Administrative division Species Total Vaccinated Details

AL GHARBIYAH Birds 61241

AL MINYA Birds 52138

AL QALYUBIYAH Birds 15246

KAFR ASH SHAYKH Birds 414160
Disinfection / Disinfestation
Quarantine
Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
Stamping out
Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
Zoning
No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied

No other measures

Future Reporting

The event cannot be considered resolved, but the situation is sufficiently stable. No more follow-up reports will be sent. Information about this disease will be included in the next six-monthly reports.