Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 17 Feb 2022
Confirmed: 21 Feb 2022
Reported: 25 Feb 2022
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence in a zone or a compartment
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N1
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.

Outbreak location: Selce, Stip
Started: 17 Feb 2022
Epidemiological unit: village
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Great Cormorant (_Phalacrocorax carbo_):
Phalacrocoracidae-Trogoniformes / - / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0

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

Control measures applied in wild: movement control inside the country;
disinfection; zoning; ante- and post-mortem inspections

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Outbreaks / Test / Test date /
Result
Faculty of the Veterinary Medicine - Veterinary Institute (national
laboratory) / great cormorant / 1 / real-time polymerase chain
reaction (real-time PCR) / 21 Feb 2022 / positive