[Source: OIE, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, India
Information received on 07/05/2012 from Mr Rudhra Gangadharan, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries , Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Consumer Affairs , New Delhi, India
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, India
Information received on 07/05/2012 from Mr Rudhra Gangadharan, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries , Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Consumer Affairs , New Delhi, India
- Summary
- Report type Follow-up report No. 6
- Start date 03/01/2012
- Date of first confirmation of the event 10/01/2012
- Report date 07/05/2012
- Date submitted to OIE 07/05/2012
- Reason for notification First occurrence of a listed disease
- Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
- Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
- Serotype H5N1
- Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
- This event pertains to a defined zone within the country
- Related reports
- Immediate notification (11/01/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 1 (13/01/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 2 (18/01/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 3 (28/01/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 4 (04/02/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 5 (16/03/2012)
- Follow-up report No. 6 (07/05/2012)
- New outbreaks
- Outbreak 1 - Udaipur, Matarbari, Gomati, TRIPURA
- Date of start of the outbreak 18/04/2012
- Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
- Epidemiological unit Farm
- Affected animals: Species ? Susceptible ? Cases ? Deaths ? Destroyed ? Slaughtered
- Birds ? 4668 ? 3168 ? 3168 ? ? ? ?
- Affected Population: A district poultry farm
- Outbreak 1 - Udaipur, Matarbari, Gomati, TRIPURA
- Summary of outbreaks
- Total outbreaks: 1
- Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
- Birds - 67.87% - 67.87% - 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
- Unknown or inconclusive
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Epidemiological comments
- Epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
- Stamping out of all domestic poultry is being applied in an approximately 3-km radius zone around the outbreak followed by compensation to the owners.
- An intensive surveillance campaign has been launched in a 10-km radius zone including:
- closure of poultry markets and prohibition on sale and transportation of poultry products in the infected zone.
- disinfection of premises after culling and sealing of premises where appropriate.
- Restocking will be applied in accordance with a specified protocol.
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Quarantine
- Movement control inside the country
- Screening
- No vaccination
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- Stamping out
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Dipping / Spraying
- Measures applied
- Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal (National laboratory)
- Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Birds - real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) - 24/04/2012 ? Positive
- Birds - reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) - 24/04/2012 ? Positive
- Birds - virus isolation - 24/04/2012 ? Positive
- Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
- Laboratory name and type High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal (National laboratory)
- Future Reporting
- The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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