OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

Information received on 17/03/2019 from Dr Bimal Kumar Nirmal, Director General, Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, NEPAL, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	14/02/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	06/03/2019
Report date	17/03/2019
Date submitted to OIE	17/03/2019
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	10/09/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location

Bagmati ( Tarkeshwor-1, Sanglafat, kathmandu )
Narayani ( Hetauda Submetropolitan, ward No. 7, Naksoti, Makawanpur )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Birds	56746	12369	12369	44377	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	21.80%	21.80%	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	Sudden death of large number of birds of laying stage showing clinical sign and symptoms with swelling of head, cyanotic comb and wattle.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Screening Traceability Quarantine Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Disinfection Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type