OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nigeria

Information received on 28/01/2019 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. 34
Date of start of the event	19/11/2016
Date of confirmation of the event	16/12/2016
Report date	28/01/2019
Date submitted to OIE	28/01/2019
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (17/12/2016) Follow-up report No. 1 (26/12/2016) Follow-up report No. 2 (08/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 3 (13/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 4 (20/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 5 (06/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 6 (13/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 7 (20/03/2017) Follow-up report No. 8 (04/04/2017) Follow-up report No. 9 (10/04/2017) Follow-up report No. 10 (24/04/2017) Follow-up report No. 11 (08/05/2017) Follow-up report No. 12 (02/06/2017) Follow-up report No. 13 (28/06/2017) Follow-up report No. 14 (18/07/2017) Follow-up report No. 15 (31/07/2017) Follow-up report No. 16 (08/09/2017) Follow-up report No. 17 (19/09/2017) Follow-up report No. 18 (03/10/2017) Follow-up report No. 19 (30/10/2017) Follow-up report No. 20 (13/11/2017) Follow-up report No. 21 (27/11/2017) Follow-up report No. 22 (09/01/2018) Follow-up report No. 23 (02/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 24 (01/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 25 (12/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 26 (17/04/2018) Follow-up report No. 27 (15/05/2018) Follow-up report No. 28 (21/05/2018) Follow-up report No. 29 (05/07/2018) Follow-up report No. 30 (04/09/2018) Follow-up report No. 31 (15/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 32 (22/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 33 (24/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 34 (28/01/2019)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1

Fadaman Mada, Bauchi, Bauchi

Date of start of the outbreak

10/01/2019

Outbreak status

Resolved (26/01/2019)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	2000	75	8	1992	0

Affected population

13 weeks old pullets.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	2000	75	8	1992	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	3.75%	0.40%	10.67%	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	Introduction of new birds

Control measures

Measures applied	Traceability Quarantine Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
National Veterinary Research Institute (Regional Reference Laboratory)	Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	25/01/2019	Positive

Future Reporting

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