Belgium - 1 new outbreak of highly pathogenic influenza H5N8 in a duck, Flemish Brabant (OIE, March 02, 2017)

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Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Belgium

Information received on 02/03/2017 from Dr Jean-Fran?ois Heymans, Director, Animal Health and Safety of Products of Animal Origin, Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC), Bruxelles, Belgium

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 2 Date of start of the event 26/01/2017 Date of confirmation of the event 03/02/2017 Report date 02/03/2017 Date submitted to OIE 02/03/2017 Reason for notification New strain of a listed disease in the country Causal agent Virus de l'influenza A hautement pathogčne Serotype H5N8 Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy This event pertains to a defined zone within the country Related reports Immediate notification (03/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 1 (22/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 2 (02/03/2017)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 Sint-Agatha-Rode, VLAAMS BRABANT Date of start of the outbreak 27/02/2017 Outbreak status Resolved (01/03/2017) Epidemiological unit Other Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Mallard:Anas platyrhynchos(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Mallard:Anas platyrhynchos(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Mallard:Anas platyrhynchos(Anatidae) ** ** 100.00% ** *Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter **Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Contact with wild species

Control measures Measures applied Control of wildlife reservoirs Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals Measures to be applied No other measures

Diagnostic test results Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result CERVA (National laboratory) Mallard nucleotide sequencing 01/03/2017 Positive CERVA (National laboratory) Mallard pathogen isolation by egg inoculation 28/02/2017 Positive CERVA (National laboratory) Mallard real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) 27/02/2017 Positive

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

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