Information received on 29/06/2018 from Dr Kingsley Mickey Aryee, Ag. Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Accra, Ghana
Summary
| Report type |
Immediate notification |
| Date of start of the event |
06/06/2018 |
| Date of confirmation of the event |
21/06/2018 |
| Report date |
29/06/2018 |
| Date submitted to OIE |
29/06/2018 |
| Reason for notification |
Recurrence of a listed disease |
| Date of previous occurrence |
04/11/2016 |
| Manifestation of disease |
Clinical disease |
| Causal agent |
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
| Serotype |
H5 |
| Nature of diagnosis |
Clinical, Laboratory (advanced) |
| This event pertains to |
the whole country |
New outbreaks
| Summary of outbreaks |
Total outbreaks: 2 |
| Outbreak Location |
- Ashanti ( Boankra, Ejisu )
- Eastern ( Nkawkaw, Kwahu West )
|
| Total animals affected |
| Species |
Susceptible |
Cases |
Deaths |
Killed and disposed of |
Slaughtered |
| Birds |
13188 |
13188 |
5935 |
7208 |
45 | |
| Outbreak statistics |
| Species |
Apparent morbidity rate |
Apparent mortality rate |
Apparent case fatality rate |
Proportion susceptible animals lost* |
| Birds |
100.00% |
45.00% |
45.00% |
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
- Illegal movement of animals
|
| Epidemiological comments |
Birds from the outbreak farm in the Ejisu district of Ashanti region were illegally moved ot the farm at Nkawkaw in the Eastern region of Ghana. |
Control measures
| Measures applied |
- Movement control inside the country
- Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
- Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
- Quarantine
- Official destruction of animal products
- Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste
- Control of wildlife reservoirs
- Selective killing and disposal
- Zoning
- Disinfection
- Process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products
- Slaughter
- Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists)
- No treatment of affected animals
|
| Measures to be applied |
|
Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type |
Accra Veterinary Laboratory ( National laboratory ) |
| Tests and results |
| Species |
Test |
Test date |
Result |
| Birds |
real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) |
21/06/2018 |
Positive |
| Birds |
real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) |
23/06/2018 |
Positive | |
Future Reporting
| The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted. |
