OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Dominican Republic

OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Dominican Republic
submited by kickingbird at Aug, 2, 2018 16:1 PM from OIE

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4 (Final report)
Date of start of the event	30/09/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	18/10/2017
Report date	30/07/2018
Date submitted to OIE	01/08/2018
Date event resolved	27/06/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	26/02/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N2
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (24/10/2017) Follow-up report No. 1 (13/12/2017) Follow-up report No. 2 (08/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (28/05/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (30/07/2018)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1

La Vega, R韔 Verde Arriba, Cutup?, Rio Verde Arriba, La Vega

Date of start of the outbreak

20/03/2018

Outbreak status

Resolved (27/06/2018)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	34500	30	30	34470	0

Affected population

Layer hens distributed between three coops.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	34500	30	30	34470	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	0.09%	0.09%	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	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	No new outbreaks have been detected since the last one (May 2018). Sentinel birds were placed in some of the farms to confirm the absence of the disease; the other ones have been subjected to fallowing.

Control measures

Measures applied

Measures to be applied

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

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