Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 27 Sep 2021
Confirmed: 4 Oct 2021
Reported: 6 Oct 2021
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 25 Jan 2021
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 (3)
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks (3)

Outbreak location 1: Novy Kamelik, Bol´shechernigovskiy rayon, Samara
Started: 1 Oct 2021
Epidemiological unit: backyard
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Birds / 1127 / 165 / 165 / - / 0 / 0
Affected population: chickens, geese, ducks

Outbreak location 2: Nikolaevka, Fedorovskiy rayon, Saratov
Started: 29 Sep 2021
Epidemiological unit: backyard
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Birds / 126 / 76 / 76 / - / 0 / 0
Affected population: Chickens, ducks

Outbreak location 3: Tatarskaya Kargala, Sakmarskiy rayon, Orenburg
Started: 27 Sep 2021
Epidemiological unit: village
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Birds / 1301 / 722 / 722 / - / 0 / 0
Affected population: chickens, turkeys, geese, Muscovy ducks

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

Control measures applied in domestic and wild: zoning; surveillance
within containment and/or the protection zone; quarantine; screening;
official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and waste; movement
control inside the country; disinfection; control of wildlife
reservoirs

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Test / Test date / Result
Federal Centre for Animal Health (FGBI "ARRIAH") OIE reference
laboratory / Common Teal/Birds / Reverse transcription-polymerase
chain reaction (RT-PCR) / 4 Oct 2021 / positive