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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei
Information received on 25/05/2012 from Dr Kwo-Ching Huang, Chief Veterinary Officer and Deputy Director General, , Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of agriculture, Executive Yuan , Taipei, Chinese Taipei
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei
Information received on 25/05/2012 from Dr Kwo-Ching Huang, Chief Veterinary Officer and Deputy Director General, , Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of agriculture, Executive Yuan , Taipei, Chinese Taipei
- Summary
- Report type Follow-up report No. 5
- Start date 07/02/2012
- Date of first confirmation of the event 13/02/2012
- Report date 25/05/2012
- Date submitted to OIE 25/05/2012
- Reason for notification First occurrence of a listed disease
- Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
- Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
- Serotype H5N2
- Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
- This event pertains to the whole country
- Related reports
- Immediate notification (03/03/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 1 (10/03/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 2 (19/03/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 3 (02/04/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 4 (14/05/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 5 (25/05/2012)
- 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
- The results of clinical findings and pathogenicity assays (IVPI=2.91) confirmed that the virulence of this H5N2 virus was highly pathogenic.
- The epidemiological and clinical health investigations continued on the surrounding poultry farms within a 3-km-radius of the index farms.
- Up to the present, no new notifiable avian influenza case has been observed or detected.
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Stamping out
- Quarantine
- Movement control inside the country
- Screening
- Zoning
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Vaccination prohibited
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- No other measures
- Measures applied
- Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type Animal Health Research Institute (National laboratory)
- Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Birds - intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) test - 21/05/2012 ? Positive
- Birds - virus isolation - 21/05/2012 ? Positive
- Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Laboratory name and type Animal Health Research Institute (National laboratory)
- Future Reporting
- The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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