Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 31 Mar 2021
Confirmed: 2 Apr 2021
Reported: 21 Apr 2021
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 10 May 2006
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.

New outbreaks (1)
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks (1)
Outbreak location 1: Alexandrijskaya, Kizlyarskiy rayon, Dagestan
Started: 31 Mar 2021
Epidemiological unit: Not applicable
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Carrion Crow (_Corvus corone_): Corvidae-Pelecaniformes [(sic)
Passeriformes] / - / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or
inconclusive

Control measures applied in wild: surveillance within containment and
or the protection zone; screening; official disposal of carcasses,
by-products, and waste; disinfection

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Severo-Kavkazskaya Veterinary Laboratory Local Laboratory / Carrion
Crow / Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) / 2 Apr 2021 / Positive