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

Information received on 29/03/2018 from Dr Jozef Bires , Director & Chief Veterinary Officer , State Veterinary and Food Administration , Ministry of Agriculture, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	28/03/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	28/03/2018
Report date	29/03/2018
Date submitted to OIE	29/03/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	07/06/2017
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N6
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

Trnava ( Králová, Galanta )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Black-headed Gull:Laridae (Larus ridibundus)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Black-headed Gull:Laridae (Larus ridibundus)	**	**	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

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Control of wildlife reservoirs

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Veterinary institute in Zvolen ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Black-headed Gull	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	28/03/2018	Positive

Future Reporting

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