Ecuador - Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 in a commercial layer farm in Cotopaxi (WOAH, November 28, 2022)

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Ecuador - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with) - Immediate notification

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
COUNTRY/TERRITORY

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

EVENT ID
4748

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

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
Untyped or partially typed

START DATE
2022/11/24

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
First occurrence in the country

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
-

CONFIRMATION DATE
2022/11/25

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification

REPORT ID
IN_158043

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2022/11/28

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
This event is detected within the activities carried out by the veterinary services for the surveillance and monitoring of the animal health events. The affected farm is a commercial layer farm, where an inusual mortality was detected. Intervention zones have been defined in the outbreak zone, in the zone around the outbreak and in the surveillance zone, along with sampling of all farms and implementation of containment measures. Passive surveillance has been strengthened to detect new outbreaks. H5 has been identified so far.
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NEW OUTBREAKS
OB_109449 - CHAGUANA
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
125 AVES

START DATE
2022/11/24

END DATE
-

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Cotopaxi

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Latacunga

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Alaques (Alaquez)

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

LOCATION
CHAGUANA

Latitude, Longitude
-0.873402 , -78.607029

OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
-

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
This event is detected within the activities carried out by the veterinary services for the surveillance and monitoring of the animal health events. The affected farm is a commercial layer farm, where a mortality rate of 28% was detected. Intervention zones have been defined in the outbreak zone (1 km) and in the zone around the outbreak (3 and 5 km), along with sampling of all farms and implementation of containment measures. Passive surveillance has been strengthened to detect new outbreaks.

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Birds (DOMESTIC)
NEW 180100 49900 49900 0 0 0
TOTAL 180100 49900 49900 0 0 0

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https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4748

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias...autoridades-aseguran-que-esta-contenido-nota/

New case of bird flu is detected in Cotopaxi, but authorities assure that it is contained
December 15, 2022 - 1:45 p.m.

The new case was detected in the area that includes the epidemiological fence erected to contain the disease, where the first outbreak occurred.

A new case of bird flu was registered in Ecuador, in the province of Cotopaxi, in the same area where the first case of the virus was detected last week of November.

This was reported this Thursday, December 15, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency (Agrocalidad)...

 

[sharon sanders]

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