Information received on 01/02/2020 from Dr Tamir Goshen, Acting Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel
Summary
Report type
Immediate notification
Date of start of the event
27/01/2020
Date of confirmation of the event
30/01/2020
Report date
01/02/2020
Date submitted to OIE
01/02/2020
Reason for notification
Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence
22/04/2019
Manifestation of disease
Clinical disease
Causal agent
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype
H5N8
Nature of diagnosis
Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to
the whole country
New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 (Gilgal)
Near Gilgal, Jericho, Yerushalayim
Date of start of the outbreak
27/01/2020
Outbreak status
Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit
Not applicable
Affected animals
Species
Susceptible
Cases
Deaths
Killed and disposed of
Slaughtered
Bonelli´s Eagle:Hieraa?tus fasciatus(Accipitridae)

1
0
0
0
Affected population
The eagle was found with neurological clinical signs in the Jordan valley. The eagle had a transmitter so it could be found that on 1 January 2020 he entered the Jordan valley from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and from then, he stayed in the Jordan valley, in the Israeli side. The eagle was brought alive to the Wildlife hospital in the Safari of Ramat-Gan and was put there in quarantine.
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Total animals affected
Species
Susceptible
Cases
Deaths
Killed and disposed of
Slaughtered
Bonelli´s Eagle:Hieraa?tus fasciatus(Accipitridae)

1
0
0
0
Outbreak statistics
Species
Apparent morbidity rate
Apparent mortality rate
Apparent case fatality rate
Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Bonelli´s Eagle:Hieraa?tus fasciatus(Accipitridae)
**
**
0.00%
**
*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
Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures
Measures applied
Quarantine
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
Kimron Veterinary Institute, Avian Diseases Division (National laboratory)
Bonelli´s Eagle
real-time PCR
30/01/2020
Positive
Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.