Israel - New outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in poultry

[Gert van der Hoek]

Israeli poultry infected with bird flu virus

05/12/16

Bird flu outbreaks are reported in Southern Israel. The Agriculture Ministry is working to eradicate the outbreak.

A strain of bird flu, also known as avian influenza, was discovered Monday at Moshav Be’er Tuvia and Kibbutz Revadim, just East of Ashdod.

At the same time, teams from the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry have been working since yesterday at the henhouse in Kibbutz Ein Tzurim in Gush Etzion to eradicate the flu that was discovered there. Ministry inspectors continue actively monitor the area.

As part of the monitoring, samples have been taken from chicken coops within a radius of 10 kilometers from the affected farm.
The Ministry is also encouraging those who raise poultry or ornamental birds in the area to keep the birds inside for now to reduce the risk of infection from wild birds.

The Veterinary Institute is reporting that the subspecies of virus in the recent outbreak is identical to the subspecies that was discovered recently in several European countries. It was spotted in Israel for the first time two weeks ago at Kibbutz Heftsiba, in the North, between Afula and Beit She’an.

[Pathfinder]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Israel

Information received on 05/12/2016 from Dr Nadav Galon, Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, BET DAGAN, Israel

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 2 Date of start of the event 09/11/2016 Date of confirmation of the event 13/11/2016 Report date 05/12/2016 Date submitted to OIE 05/12/2016 Reason for notification New strain of a listed disease in the country Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N8 Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (advanced) This event pertains to a defined zone within the country Related reports Immediate notification (13/11/2016) Follow-up report No. 1 (24/11/2016) Follow-up report No. 2 (05/12/2016)

New outbreaks (3)

Outbreak 1 (EN ZURIM) EN ZURIM, Ashkelon, HADAROM Date of start of the outbreak 02/12/2016 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Birds 20000 18000 15000 5000 0 Affected population 9.5-weeks-old turkeys divided in four pens; high mortality.

Outbreak 2 (REVADIM) REVADIM, Ashkelon, HADAROM Date of start of the outbreak 02/12/2016 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Birds 10000 2000 800 0 Affected population 10-weeks-old turkeys divided in four pens.

Outbreak 3 (BE''''ER TOVIYYA) BE''ER TOVIYYA, Ashkelon, HADAROM Date of start of the outbreak 05/12/2016 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Birds 15000 3000 1000 0 Affected population 29-weeks-old heavy breeders in three pens.

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 3 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Birds 45000 23000 16800 5000 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Birds 51.11% 37.33% 73.04% ** *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 Epidemiological comments The farms are on the way of migrating birds flying from Europe to Africa.

Control measures Measures applied Movement control inside the country Screening Quarantine Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Zoning Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals Measures to be applied Disinfection / Disinfestation Dipping / Spraying Stamping out Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste

Diagnostic test results Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result Kimron Veterinary Institute, Avian Diseases Division (National laboratory) Birds real-time PCR 05/12/2016 Positive

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

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[Treyfish]

During the week: the discovery of bird flu on two farms inside the occupier

Saturday, December 10, 2016



The brink - the Hebrew media reported a little while ago, that during the week was the discovery of bird flu twice Farms chickens were culled thousands of birds.

And he sacrificed means Hebrew media, that in the last week has been the discovery of the disease in a large poultry farms in one of the rural villages in the north of occupied Palestine, were culled thousands of chickens in it.

And last night, it was the announcement of the discovery of the disease in one of the poultry farms in the South and that work is underway to impose a quarantine on the farm and take all necessary steps to curb the spread of the disease.http://www.shfanews.net/index.php/preset-styles/62321-i