OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nigeria

Information received on 22/01/2019 from Dr Olaniran Alabi, Director, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, ABUJA, Nigeria

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 75
Date of start of the event	02/01/2015
Date of confirmation of the event	08/01/2015
Report date	22/01/2019
Date submitted to OIE	22/01/2019
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	27/07/2008
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (09/01/2015) Follow-up report No. 1 (16/01/2015) Follow-up report No. 2 (23/01/2015) Follow-up report No. 3 (02/02/2015) Follow-up report No. 4 (19/02/2015) Follow-up report No. 5 (02/03/2015) Follow-up report No. 6 (13/05/2015) Follow-up report No. 7 (22/06/2015) Follow-up report No. 8 (07/07/2015) Follow-up report No. 9 (04/08/2015) Follow-up report No. 10 (26/08/2015) Follow-up report No. 11 (14/09/2015) Follow-up report No. 12 (19/09/2015) Follow-up report No. 13 (08/10/2015) Follow-up report No. 14 (16/11/2015) Follow-up report No. 15 (15/12/2015) Follow-up report No. 16 (04/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 17 (11/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 18 (13/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 19 (19/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 20 (21/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 21 (25/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 22 (26/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 23 (02/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 24 (04/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 25 (08/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 26 (09/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 27 (11/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 28 (15/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 29 (17/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 30 (22/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 31 (29/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 32 (04/03/2016) Follow-up report No. 33 (07/03/2016) Follow-up report No. 34 (08/03/2016) Follow-up report No. 35 (14/03/2016) Follow-up report No. 36 (20/03/2016) Follow-up report No. 37 (29/03/2016) Follow-up report No. 38 (03/04/2016) Follow-up report No. 39 (06/06/2016) Follow-up report No. 40 (09/06/2016) Follow-up report No. 41 (27/09/2016) Follow-up report No. 42 (09/11/2016) Follow-up report No. 43 (28/11/2016) Follow-up report No. 44 (06/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 45 (13/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 46 (21/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 47 (03/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 48 (13/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 49 (20/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 50 (29/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 51 (04/04/2017) Follow-up report No. 52 (10/04/2017) Follow-up report No. 53 (24/04/2017) Follow-up report No. 54 (08/05/2017) Follow-up report No. 55 (02/06/2017) Follow-up report No. 56 (15/06/2017) Follow-up report No. 57 (28/06/2017) Follow-up report No. 58 (18/07/2017) Follow-up report No. 59 (02/08/2017) Follow-up report No. 60 (07/09/2017) Follow-up report No. 61 (19/09/2017) Follow-up report No. 62 (03/10/2017) Follow-up report No. 63 (30/10/2017) Follow-up report No. 64 (13/11/2017) Follow-up report No. 65 (27/11/2017) Follow-up report No. 66 (09/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 67 (02/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 68 (17/04/2018) Follow-up report No. 69 (15/05/2018) Follow-up report No. 70 (21/05/2018) Follow-up report No. 71 (05/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 72 (04/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 73 (03/10/2018) Follow-up report No. 74 (15/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 75 (22/01/2019)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1

Gida Dubu, Bauchi, Bauchi

Date of start of the outbreak

19/01/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Backyard

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	848	50	27	0	0

Affected population

52 weeks old layers

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	848	50	27	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	5.90%	3.18%	54.00%	3.18%

*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	Introduction of new pullets into the farm

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Traceability Quarantine Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Modified stamping out

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
National Veterinary Research Institute (Regional Reference Laboratory)	Birds	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	22/01/2019	Positive

Future Reporting

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