Information received on 7 October 2005 from Dr Yukol Limlamthong, Director General, Department of Livestock Development (DLD), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok:

End of previous report period: 29 September 2005 (see Disease Information, 18 [39], 324, dated 30 September 2005).

End of this report period: 6 October 2005.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 23 January 2004.

Nature of diagnosis: clinical, post-mortem and laboratory.

Details of new outbreaks (click here)

Description of affected population in the new outbreaks:

- Outbreak of Kampaengphet, village No. 8: laying ducks (raised according to traditional Thai methods).

- Outbreak of Kampaengphet, village No. 7: fighting cocks (backyard).

- Outbreak of Nakhonpathom: quail for egg production (in traditional farms where minimal biosecurity was usually practised).

Diagnosis:

Source of new outbreaks: unknown or inconclusive.

Control measures undertaken:

- stamping out;

- quarantine;

- movement control inside the country;

- screening;

- zoning;

- disinfection of infected premises/establishments.

Vaccination prohibited: yes.

Other details/comments:

Thailand has been conducting the current nationwide surveillance since 1 July 2005.

In this third wave to date, there have been 46 confirmed outbreaks in 6 provinces, since the second wave of HPAI re-occurrence that occurred from 3 July 2004 to 12 April 2005:

The six affected provinces are in the Central Poultry Zone of Thailand (see details and map in Disease Information, 18 [35], 290-291, dated 2 September 2005).

All cases involved either free-range poultry or poultry raised in farms with traditional husbandry practices with poor sanitation and insufficient biosecurity.