[Source: OIE, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, Korea (Dem. People's Rep.)
Information received on 22/05/2013 from Mr Ri Kyong Gun, Director of the Veterinary and, Ministry of Agriculture, Anti-Epizootic Department, PYONGYANG, Korea (Dem. People's Rep.)
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, Korea (Dem. People's Rep.)
Information received on 22/05/2013 from Mr Ri Kyong Gun, Director of the Veterinary and, Ministry of Agriculture, Anti-Epizootic Department, PYONGYANG, Korea (Dem. People's Rep.)
- Summary
- Report type Follow-up report No. 1
- Date of start of the event 19/04/2013
- Date of pre-confirmation of the event 02/05/2013
- Report date 22/05/2013
- Date submitted to OIE 22/05/2013
- Reason for notification New strain of a listed disease
- Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
- Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
- Serotype H5N1
- Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
- This event pertains to the whole country
- Related reports
- Immediate notification (13/05/2013)
- Follow-up report No. 1 (22/05/2013)
- Outbreaks
- There are no new outbreaks in this report
- Epidemiology
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Unknown or inconclusive
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Epidemiological comments
- All ducks in the infected cages were humanely culled.
- Vaccination with an inactivated monovalent vaccine is on-going in all the 12 provinces (500,000 heads).
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Control of wildlife reservoirs
- Quarantine
- Movement control inside the country
- Screening
- Zoning
- Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Modified stamping out
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- No other measures
- Measures applied
- Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type ? Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Central Veterinary Station (National laboratory) ? Birds - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - 05/05/2013 ? Positive
- Veterinary Research Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences (National laboratory) ? Birds - reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) - 07/05/2013 ? Positive
- Laboratory name and type ? Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Future Reporting
- The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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