Information received on 13/05/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Report type |
Immediate notification (Final report) |
Date of start of the event |
10/01/2019 |
Date of confirmation of the event |
29/04/2019 |
Report date |
13/05/2019 |
Date submitted to OIE |
13/05/2019 |
Date event resolved |
07/05/2019 |
Reason for notification |
New strain of a listed disease in the country |
Causal agent |
Low pathogenic avian influenza virus |
Serotype |
H7N7 |
Nature of diagnosis |
Laboratory (advanced) |
This event pertains to |
a defined zone within the country |
Summary of outbreaks |
Total outbreaks: 1 | ||||||||||||
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Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection |
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Epidemiological comments |
This duck farm in Yilan County was sampled by the staff of the Local Animal Disease Inspection Authority (LADIA, formerly named as Local Disease Control Centre, LDCC) for active surveillance on 10 January 2019. H7N7 subtype of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) was detected and confirmed by the National Laboratory, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), in the evening of 29 April 2019. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was excluded through an intravenous lethality test (inoculation test) that day. The LADIA implemented movement control on this duck farm and disinfected its neighbouring areas. The LADIA has completed the three-month intensified surveillance which includes clinical examination and sampling of the index farm and all poultry farms (eight chicken farms and 13 duck farms) within 3 km radius of the index farm. All poultry in those farms were clinically healthy and the test results were all negative. Chinese Taipei therefore declares that the event has been resolved. |
Measures applied |
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Measures to be applied |
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Laboratory name and type |
Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI) ( National laboratory ) | |
Tests and results |
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