China's fifth bird flu outbreak hits goose farm in Hunan province- H5N6

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China's fifth bird flu outbreak hits goose farm in Hunan province


January 11, 2017



BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Agriculture said late on Wednesday that a bird flu outbreak, the country's fifth since last October, hit a goose farm in its southern Hunan province, killing 1,054 birds.
The outbreak in Yuanjiang, a city of more than 700,000 people, was confirmed as a case of the H5N6 strain of the virus, the ministry said in a statement on its website.
Local government culled a further 2,067 birds after the outbreak, which the Ministry of Agriculture said had been brought under control.
The case brings China's total poultry cull since October to more than 175,000 birds as South Korea and other neighboring countries battle their own major outbreaks. China has confirmed 106 cases of human H7N9 bird flu infections, and 20 deaths in total in December, the National Health and Family Planning Commision said on Wednesday.
Poultry trade has been suspended or restricted in several provinces following human infections.
The Ministry of Agriculture late last month said the recent outbreaks of bird flu have been handled in a "timely and effective" manner without spreading and have not affected chicken products or prices.https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-fi...2--sector.html

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, China (People's Rep. of)

Information received on 12/01/2017 from Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China (People's Rep. of)

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 18 Date of start of the event 23/08/2014 Date of confirmation of the event 01/09/2014 Report date 11/01/2017 Date submitted to OIE 12/01/2017 Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease Date of previous occurrence 04/05/2014 Manifestation of disease Clinical disease Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N6 Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced) This event pertains to a defined zone within the country Related reports Immediate notification (01/09/2014) Follow-up report No. 1 (04/09/2014) Follow-up report No. 2 (24/10/2014) Follow-up report No. 3 (23/01/2015) Follow-up report No. 4 (28/01/2015) Follow-up report No. 5 (06/02/2015) Follow-up report No. 6 (01/04/2015) Follow-up report No. 7 (03/04/2015) Follow-up report No. 8 (25/05/2015) Follow-up report No. 9 (14/08/2015) Follow-up report No. 10 (11/12/2015) Follow-up report No. 11 (18/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 12 (22/01/2016) Follow-up report No. 13 (29/02/2016) Follow-up report No. 14 (11/03/2016) Follow-up report No. 15 (20/06/2016) Follow-up report No. 16 (31/08/2016) Follow-up report No. 17 (08/10/2016) Follow-up report No. 18 (11/01/2017)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 Farm, Ruanjiang, Yiyang, HUNAN Date of start of the outbreak 11/01/2017 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Birds 3121 1054 1054 2067 0 Affected population Wild Geese

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Birds 3121 1054 1054 2067 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Birds 33.77% 33.77% 100.00% 100.00% *Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

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

Control measures Measures applied Movement control inside the country Screening Disinfection / Disinfestation Modified stamping out Zoning Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals Measures to be applied No other measures

Diagnostic test results Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (OIE Reference Laboratory) Birds reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 11/01/2017 Positive Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (OIE Reference Laboratory) Birds virus isolation 11/01/2017 Positive Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (OIE Reference Laboratory) Birds reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 11/01/2017 Positive Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (OIE Reference Laboratory) Birds virus isolation 11/01/2017 Positive

Future Reporting The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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