Ninth bird flu case confirmed in Ireland in a whooper swan in Tipperary

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Ninth bird flu case confirmed in Ireland as 23,000 birds culled in the UK
Ciaran Moran
Published
15/02/2017 | 18:45

A case of 'bird flu' has been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture in a whooper swan located in Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary.

It follows another two cases of bird flu have been detected in wild birds earlier this week.

It brings to nine the total number of incidences of bird flu since the first case was detected in in the last week of the year in Wexford. The latest cases were detected in North Tipperary, near Nenagh, in a mute swan and near Midleton, Cork in a grey heron...

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

Information received on 21/02/2017 from Dr Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin, Ireland

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 3 Date of start of the event 28/12/2016 Date of confirmation of the event 20/02/2017 Report date 21/02/2017 Date submitted to OIE 21/02/2017 Reason for notification New strain of a listed disease in the country Causal agent Highly pathogenic influenza A virus Serotype H5N8 Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced) This event pertains to the whole country Related reports Immediate notification (10/01/2017) Follow-up report No. 1 (23/01/2017) Follow-up report No. 2 (03/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 3 (21/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 4 (21/02/2017)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 Co. Tipperary, TIPPERARY Date of start of the outbreak 03/02/2017 Outbreak status Resolved (03/02/2017) Epidemiological unit Not applicable Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Mute Swan:Cygnus olor(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0 Whooper Swan:Cygnus cygnus(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0 Affected population Whooper swan (found 26/01/2017) and mute swan (found 3/02/2017) found on same lakeshore

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Mute Swan:Cygnus olor(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0 Whooper Swan:Cygnus cygnus(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Mute Swan:Cygnus olor(Anatidae) ** ** 100.00% ** Whooper Swan:Cygnus cygnus(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 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 Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (National laboratory) Mute Swan real-time PCR 10/02/2017 Positive Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (National laboratory) Whooper Swan real-time PCR 03/02/2017 Positive BioScience Waterford (Private Laboratory) Mute Swan virus sequencing 20/02/2017 Positive BioScience Waterford (Private Laboratory) Whooper Swan virus sequencing 20/02/2017 Positive

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

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

Information received on 21/02/2017 from Dr Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin, Ireland

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 4 Date of start of the event 28/12/2016 Date of confirmation of the event 20/02/2017 Report date 21/02/2017 Date submitted to OIE 21/02/2017 Reason for notification New strain of a listed disease in the country Causal agent Highly pathogenic influenza A virus Serotype H5N8 Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced) This event pertains to the whole country Related reports Immediate notification (10/01/2017) Follow-up report No. 1 (23/01/2017) Follow-up report No. 2 (03/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 3 (21/02/2017) Follow-up report No. 4 (21/02/2017)

New outbreaks (2)

Outbreak 1 Co. Cork, CORK Date of start of the outbreak 03/02/2017 Outbreak status Resolved (03/02/2017) Epidemiological unit Not applicable Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Grey Heron:Ardea cinerea(Ardeidae) 1 1 0 0 Affected population A grey heron found dead on wetlands

Outbreak 2 Co. Tipperary, TIPPERARY Date of start of the outbreak 07/02/2017 Outbreak status Resolved (07/02/2017) Epidemiological unit Not applicable Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Whooper Swan:Cygnus cygnus(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0 Affected population Whooper swan found dead on wetlands

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 2 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Grey Heron:Ardea cinerea(Ardeidae) 1 1 0 0 Whooper Swan:Cygnus cygnus(Anatidae) 1 1 0 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Grey Heron:Ardea cinerea(Ardeidae) ** ** 100.00% ** Whooper Swan:Cygnus cygnus(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 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 Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (National laboratory) Grey Heron real-time PCR 10/02/2017 Positive Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (National laboratory) Whooper Swan real-time PCR 13/02/2017 Positive BioScience Waterford (Private Laboratory) Grey Heron virus sequencing 20/02/2017 Positive BioScience Waterford (Private Laboratory) Whooper Swan virus sequencing 20/02/2017 Positive

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

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http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=22949