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EGYPT, HPAI H5N1 IN POULTRY, OIE UPDATE(S) ::

Giuseppe

Emeritus
1) [AVIAN INFLUENZA, POULTRY, EGYPT, OIE, UPDATES] Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Egypt

Information received on 03/12/2007 from Prof. Dr Hamid Abd El-Tawab Samaha, Chairman, General Organisation for Veterinary Services(GOVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt

Summary

Report type Follow-up report No. 2
Start date 17/02/2006
Date of confirmation of event 17/02/2006
Report date 03/12/2007
Date submitted to OIE 03/12/2007
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 1965
Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to Entire country
Related reports Immediate notification (18/02/2006)
Follow-up report No. 1 (23/03/2006)
Follow-up report No. 2 (03/12/2007)

New outbreaks (...)

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 579
Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered -

*Birds (Not Reported, see below Epidemiology)
*Wild species (Not Reported, idem)
Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds - - - - (Not Reported, idem)
Wild species - - - -
* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of infection Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments. This report includes outbreaks from 23 March 2006 till 24 November 2007; some of these outbreaks had been previously reported to the OIE using the old notification format.

The number of vaccinated birds include the vaccinated backyard poultry free of charge using inactivated avian influenza H5N1 vaccine and hatcheries using inactivated avian influenza H5N2 vaccine.

All the samples were tested in due time at the Central Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production (CLQP) by real-time PCR test.

Since the last vaccination campaign in June 2007, Egypt has had only 16 sporadic outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
The total number of culled birds since the start of the event is 34,533,000 birds.][/B]​

Control measures

Measures already applied Control of wildlife reservoirs
Stamping out
Quarantine
Movement control inside the country
Screening
Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s): Administrative division - Species - Total Vaccinated - Details
*AD DAQAHLIYAH - Birds - 27677874
*AL BUHAYRAH - Birds - 10677470
*AL FAYYUM - Birds - 5204132
*AL GHARBIYAH - Birds - 11860977
*AL ISKANDARIYAH - Birds - 1181834
*AL ISMA'ILIYAH - Birds - 4061226
*AL JIZAH - Birds - 1443298
*AL MINUFIYAH - Birds - 18452172
*AL MINYA - Birds - 4687703
*AL WADI AL JADID - Birds - 442092
*AS SUWAYS - Birds - 488393
*ASH SHARQIYAH - Birds - 9098972
*ASWAN - Birds - 879878
*ASYUT - Birds - 2607284
*BANI SUWAYF - Birds - 6233680
*BUR SA'ID - Birds - 294758
*DUMYAT - Birds - 3713765
*JANUB SINA' - Birds - 9979
*KAFR ASH SHAYKH - Birds - 2035516
*LUXOR - Birds - 699765
*MARSA MATRUH - Birds - 253706
*QINA - Birds - 2275689
*SHAMAL SINA' - Birds - 70285
*SUHAJ - Birds - 3082168
-AL QALYUBIYAH - Birds - 4543019

Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
Dipping / Spraying
Vaccination permitted
No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type: Central Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production (CLQP) (National laboratory)
Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
*Birds real-time - PCR 12/03/2006 - Positive
*Birds - real-time PCR - 23/03/2006 - Positive
*Birds - real-time PCR - 24/11/2007 - Positive

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SOURCE (OIE)
 
Re: EGYPT, HPAI H5N1 IN POULTRY, OIE UPDATE(S) ::

Welcome Ironorehopper. Would it be possible for you to also import the map of the current outbreaks found at the bottom of the article? I am certain our readers would appreciate this tool. Thank you Ironorehopper.
 
Re: EGYPT, HPAI H5N1 IN POULTRY, OIE UPDATE(S) ::

Welcome Ironorehopper. Would it be possible for you to also import the map of the current outbreaks found at the bottom of the article? I am certain our readers would appreciate this tool. Thank you Ironorehopper.
Thanks for the message. But see the post above.
 
Re: EGYPT, HPAI H5N1 IN POULTRY, OIE UPDATE(S) ::

Thanks, ironorehopper! I've been waiting for this report ... and waiting ... and waiting ... since March 2006!

It's about time. Sheesh! :rolleyes:
 
Re: EGYPT, HPAI H5N1 IN POULTRY, OIE UPDATE(S) ::

From BIRDFLU INFO, Egypt Information Agency
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Bird Flu in Egypt

State of emergency in governorates in anticipation of bird flu once more, 12/12/2007

The higher bird flu committee declared Tuesday 11/12/2007 a state of emergency in anticipation of the break through of bird flu once more.

The committee continued yesterday considering means to protect birds against the flue and ordered a general survey for farms.


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http://birdflu.sis.gov.eg/html/flu01021276.htm
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Re: EGYPT, HPAI H5N1 IN POULTRY, OIE UPDATE(S) ::

Commentary

Egypt Issues H5N1 Alert

Recombinomics Commentary
December 12, 2007

The higher bird flu committee declared Tuesday 11/12/2007 a state of emergency in anticipation of the break through of bird flu once more.

The above comments at the official avian influenza notification site in Egypt suggest new H5N1 cases have been detected. The recent OIE report gave map coordinates for 922 outbreaks, which are listed here here here here and most recent cases here. The most recent case reported was in roof top ducks in Gaza city on November 24, 2007. The report also details the number of birds vaccinated in each governorate.

However, recent outbreaks have been reported in vaccinated birds in Rostov, raising concerns that the new strain of H5N1 in circulation is resistant to the vaccine(s). H5N1 has been rapidly evolving, and the H5N1 detected in Egypt earlier this year had significant heterogeneity. Moreover, the H5N1in Egypt in 2007 was most closely related to H5N1 circulating in Egypt in 2006.

However, the recent outbreaks in Europe and the Middle East involved H5N1 most closely related to a wild bird outbreak at Uva Lake in Mongolia in 2006. This strain is easily distinguished from other Qinghai strains circulating in the region in 2006 / 2007, and therefore may have limit cross-reactivity to the vaccines used to immunize poultry in Egypt.


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