Cameroon: 2022 Bird flu in poultry

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Source: https://www.koaci.com/article/2022/...ppe-de-nouveau-le-secteur-avicole_157450.html


Cameroon: Avian flu strikes the poultry sector again
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Monday, February 07, 2022 - 05:57

The governor of the western region sounded the maximum alert this Sunday, February 6, 2022.

The administrative authority confirms the infection with avian influenza (Avian flu ) highly pathogenic for the poultry sector and institutes urgent measures to combat the threat.

The first cases of bird flu have been detected in a Kongso farm in Bamoungoum department of the Mifi western region...

 

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Cameroon: Avian flu strikes the largest poultry production site

- The authorities announce emergency stamping-out operations in the identified outbreaks.
Lassaad Ben Ahmed |

08.02.2022


cameroon
AA / Yaoundé / Peter Kum

The Cameroonian poultry sector is again shaken by a health crisis, linked to the appearance of the H5N1 avian flu, announced the Ministry of Livestock.

According to the ministry, it is in the locality of Bamougoum in the Western region, the largest poultry production area in the country, that avian flu struck.

"Following this situation, we signed an order instituting urgent measures to prevent the spread in the country," the Minister in charge of Livestock, Dr Taiga, told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.

"Among these measures, there is the implementation of emergency stamping-out operations in the identified foci, their destruction by incineration and burial under the control of the heads of the veterinary services with the support of the peacekeeping forces. order," he said.

The Ministry of Livestock has, moreover, prescribed the erection of the sanitary barrier at the level of poultry farms, with prohibition of access to any unauthorized person, during the period of the conduct of sanitary slaughter and disinfection operations. homes by special teams.

As a reminder, the last epizootics of the H5N1 virus were discovered in Yaoundé in a poultry complex on May 22, 2016.

It all started with an alert following high poultry mortality observed at the Mvog-Betsi poultry complex; more than 15,000 deaths out of nearly 33,000 poultry in this herd.

Following this observation, measures had been taken to contain the disease, the rest of the herd had been slaughtered.

Avian flu was detected 15 years ago in Cameroon, more specifically in a duck farmed in the town of Maroua in the Far North region of the country.

Cameroon was thus the fourth African country affected by avian flu.

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Feb 6
Avian flu: maximum alert in the West
Governor Awa Fonka Augustine signed a regional decree on Sunday, instituting urgent measures to prevent and combat this epidemic.

 

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Immediate notification
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with), Cameroon
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General Information

COUNTRY OR ZONE
ZONE

DISEASE
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with)

STARTED ON
29-01-2022

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
H5N1

CONFIRMED ON
05-02-2022

REASON
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
13-02-2022

LAST OCCURRENCE
27-03-2017

Epidemiology

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Unknown or inconclusive


EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
The epidemiological surveillance network for animal diseases (or RESCAM) of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries has reported high poultry mortality in laying hen houses in the locality of Kongso-Bamengoum. The epidemiological investigation teams of the veterinary services took samples for analysis and protective measures were taken in accordance with Law n° 006 of April 16th, 2001 on the nomenclature and sanitary zoo regulations of livestock diseases considered legally contagious and notifiable, and with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.
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Outbreaks

ob_97384 - Kongso-Bamengoum

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

STARTED ON
29-01-2022

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
These are 52-week-old laying hens. The birds are kept in buildings with an automatic water distribution system.

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Kongso-Bamengoum

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Ouest

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Mifi

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Bafoussam 3

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 5.4939

Long : 10.3757


SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
Birds NEW Animal 13513 11984 11984 1529 0 0
TOTAL Animal 13513 11984 11984 1529 0 0
- NEW Animal 13513 11984 11984 1529 0 0
TOTAL Animal 13513 11984 11984 1529 0 0
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https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=48651

 

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