Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 4 Feb 2022
Confirmed: 17 Feb 2022
Reported: 21 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, necropsy, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.

Outbreak location: Zlokukjani, Karpos
Started: 4 Feb 2022
Epidemiological unit: body of water
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Mallard (_Anas platyrhynchos_): Anatidae-Anseriformes / - / 1 / 1 / 11
/ 0 / 0
Whooper swan (_Cygnus cygnus_): Anatidae-Anseriformes / - / 1 / 4 / 1
/ 0 / 0

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

Control measures applied in domestic: surveillance within containment
and/or the protection zone, ante- and post-mortem inspections,
movement control inside the country, disinfection, zoning, stamping
out

Control measures applied in wild: surveillance within containment
and/or the protection zone, ante- and post-mortem inspections, zoning,
selective killing and disposal

Control measures different from event level, additional measures:
disinfection, movement control inside the country, official disposal
of carcasses, by-products, and waste

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Outbreaks / Test / Test date /
Result
Faculty of the Veterinary Medicine - Veterinary Institute (national
laboratory) / Mallard / 1 / real-time polymerase chain reaction
(real-time PCR) / - / -
Faculty of the Veterinary Medicine - Veterinary Institute (national
laboratory) / Whooper swan / 1 / real-time polymerase chain reaction
(real-time PCR) / - / -