Netherlands - Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N6 detected on duck farm in Kamperveen, Overijssel

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Bird flu detected on a poultry farm in Kamperveen

At a duck farm at Leidijk in Kamperveen, bird flu was detected this morning. This confirms spokeswoman Hennie de Haan of the Dutch Trade Union Poultry Farmers. "This is horrible news. We were just hoping to get rid of it. "

The Ministry of Agriculture does not want to confirm the news yet and will receive more information later in the afternoon. According to the website Boerderij.nl is a company that has already been hit twice by the bird flu. That happened in 2014 and 2016. The owners do not want to react yet, they let us know by telephone.

The Dutch Trade Union Poultry Farmers has been hit hard. ,, I got the news this morning. Usually this is the period that the wild birds fly away and that the avian flu danger therefore differs. That is why this new case comes hard, "De Haan laments. "With two cases, in Groningen and Biddinghuizen, we seemed to be reasonably gracious. But unfortunately ... "She suspects that this is the variant that is very bad for the animals, the highly pathogenic avian flu. ,, But that has not been confirmed yet. "

De Haan explains what happens in a general sense after an infection. "In addition to the animals of the affected poultry farmer, the animals from farms are usually disposed of in a radius of one kilometer. Within a radius of 3 kilometers, all animals are screened, by means of blood tests. And a transport ban is announced in a radius of about 10 kilometers. That would mean a new blow for many poultry farmers. Now it is hoped that it will stay with this one, new case. In any case, the poultry farmers keep a close eye on their animals. "

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Bird flu detected at poultry farm in Kamperveen

News item 13-03-2018 | 16:44

In Kamperveen (municipality of Kampen), bird flu (H5) has been detected at a company with meat ducks. It is probably a highly pathogenic variant of bird flu.To prevent the virus from spreading, the company is cleared. In total, about 29,000 meat ducks are involved. The neighboring company with poultry is disposed of preventively. The cullings are carried out by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA).

All current national measures, such as the obligation to keep up, remain in full force.
For more information and the regulation, see specific measures in the protection and surveillance area in relation to the control of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Kamperveen on Rijksoverheid.nl .

https://www.nvwa.nl/nieuws-en-media/...-in-kamperveen

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Netherlands

Information received on 15/03/2018 from Dr Christianne Bruschke, Chief Veterinary Officer , Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague, Netherlands

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 1 Date of start of the event 24/02/2018 Date of confirmation of the event 14/03/2018 Report date 14/03/2018 Date submitted to OIE 15/03/2018 Reason for notification Recurrence of a listed disease Date of previous occurrence 08/12/2017 Manifestation of disease Clinical disease Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N6 Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (advanced) This event pertains to a defined zone within the country Related reports Immediate notification (27/02/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (14/03/2018)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 (HPAI 2018-02 H5N6) Kamperveen, OVERIJSSEL Date of start of the outbreak 12/03/2018 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 28886 150 100 28636

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 28886 150 100 28636 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Birds 0.52% 0.35% 66.67% ** *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 Unknown or inconclusive Epidemiological comments On 13 March 2018, a 3 km surveillance zone and a 10 km protection zone have been established. In the 3 km zone there are four other premises. All susceptible animals on the infected premises have been killed. All premises in the 3 km zone have been screened. All samples of the screened premises tested negative. This H5N6 subtype is a reassortment linked to H5N8 and not the Asian zoonotic H5N6.

Control measures Measures applied Movement control inside the country Screening Stamping out Control of wildlife reservoirs Zoning Disinfection 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 Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad (National laboratory) Birds polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 14/03/2018 Positive

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

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