OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Afghanistan

Information received on 23/01/2018 from Dr Jahangir Miakhail, Acting Director General, General Directorate of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Kabul, Afghanistan

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	14/01/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	22/01/2018
Report date	23/01/2018
Date submitted to OIE	23/01/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	30/04/2017
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

KABUL ( Bagrami, Welayati, 8 Kabul, Qale juma khan, 7 )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	29	21	21	8	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	72.41%	72.41%	100.00%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Contact with infected animal(s) at grazing/watering
Airborne spread

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Quarantine Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Selective killing and disposal Disinfection Ante and post-mortem inspections Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Control of wildlife reservoirs Zoning

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Central Veterinary Diagnostic and Research Laboratory ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	22/01/2018	Positive

Future Reporting

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