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

Information received on 24/10/2017 from Dr Christodoulos Pipis, Acting Director, Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, NICOSIA, Cyprus

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Date of start of the event	20/09/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	19/10/2017
Report date	24/10/2017
Date submitted to OIE	24/10/2017
Date event resolved	24/10/2017
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

AMMOCHOSTOS ( PARALIMNI )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard):Accipitridae (Buteo buteo)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard):Accipitridae (Buteo buteo)	**	**	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

Wild bird infection

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Animal Health Laboratory ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard)	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	04/10/2017	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge ( OIE Reference Laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard)	nucleotide sequencing	23/10/2017	Positive
Eurasian buzzard (common buzzard)	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)