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

Information received on 15/01/2019 from Dr Per Starcke Henriksen, Chief Veterinary Officer, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Glostrup, Denmark

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	22/12/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	14/01/2019
Report date	15/01/2019
Date submitted to OIE	15/01/2019
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	19/09/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N6
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

East ( N?stved, N?stved )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
White-tailed Eagle:Accipitridae (Haliaeetus albicilla)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
White-tailed Eagle:Accipitridae (Haliaeetus albicilla)	**	**	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	Contact with wild species
Epidemiological comments	According to article 10.4.1.8 of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Member Countries should not impose bans on the trade in poultry and poultry commodities in response to notification on the presence of any influenza A virus in birds other than poultry.

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

National Veterinary Institute ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
White-tailed Eagle	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	14/01/2019	Positive

Future Reporting

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