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  • Latvia: 2022 H5N1 in wild birds

    Source: https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/p....d?id=53964139

    The first cases of avian influenza in wild birds have been detected in Latvia this year
    LETA
    1/18/2022 12:32 PM


    In Latvia, a highly subtype of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 flu has been laboratory confirmed for six dead swans, which has been prevalent in cases of diseases in wild birds and poultry in European countries since last October, informed in October, informed in October.

    This year is the first time that highly pathogenic avian influenza has been registered in Latvia.

    The service explains that the dead swans were found on the bank of the Daugava - three were found within the city of Riga, but three more in the territory of Salaspils region. The FVS notes that there were only a few meters between the actual dead animals.

    It has already been reported that highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in Latvia last year only in wild waterfowl - out of the 147 dead wild bird samples examined, 50 were positive.

    Despite the fact that the latest positive case of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza in wild birds in Latvia was detected in the summer go and most of the restrictions imposed on poultry keepers were lifted, the FVS urges poultry keepers to be careful to comply with other biosecurity regulations that still apply....

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      Immediate notification
      Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-), Latvia

      ...
      General Information

      COUNTRY OR ZONE
      COUNTRY

      DISEASE
      Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-)

      STARTED ON
      16-01-2022

      ANIMAL TYPE
      TERRESTRIAL

      GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
      H5N1

      CONFIRMED ON
      16-01-2022

      REASON
      Recurrence of an eradicated disease

      CAUSAL AGENT
      Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

      ENDED ON
      -

      DISEASE CATEGORY
      OIE-listed

      REPORTED ON
      19-01-2022

      LAST OCCURRENCE
      02-06-2021

      Epidemiology

      SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
      - Unknown or inconclusive


      EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
      Six dead wild birds (mute swans, Cygnus olor) were found on the coast of Daugava river in the Salaspils county and Riga City. Sampling of mute swans have been performed in the framework of enhanced passive surveillance program. Samples were submitted to the National Reference Laboratory of Latvia for laboratory testing to HPAI, and on 17th of January HPAI (H5N1) was confirmed in all six mute swans by RT-PCR.

      ...

      Outbreaks

      ob_95672 - Salaspils parish


      OUTBREAK REFERENCE
      -

      STARTED ON
      17-01-2022

      EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
      Not applicable

      DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
      -

      NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
      -

      ENDED ON
      17-01-2022

      AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
      -

      APPROXIMATE LOCATION
      Salaspils parish

      FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
      Rīgas

      SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
      Salaspils

      THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
      Salaspils

      GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
      Lat : 56.85858

      Long : 24.284974


      SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
      Mute Swan (Cygnus olor):Anatidae-Anseriformes NEW Animal - 3 3 0 0 0
      TOTAL Animal - 3 3 0 0 0
      - NEW Animal - 3 3 0 0 0
      TOTAL Animal - 3 3 0 0 0

      ...

      ob_95674 - Riga city

      OUTBREAK REFERENCE
      -

      STARTED ON
      17-01-2022

      EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
      Not applicable

      DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
      -

      NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
      -

      ENDED ON
      17-01-2022

      AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
      -

      APPROXIMATE LOCATION
      Riga city

      FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
      Rīgas

      SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
      Rīgas

      THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
      Rīgas

      GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
      Lat : 56.85929

      Long : 24.283992


      SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
      Mute Swan (Cygnus olor):Anatidae-Anseriformes NEW Animal - 3 3 0 0 0
      TOTAL Animal - 3 3 0 0 0
      - NEW Animal - 3 3 0 0 0
      TOTAL Animal - 3 3 0 0 0

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