Ghana: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Ghana (H5) OIE (6-29-2018)

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/w...?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=27091
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[TD="width: *, align: left"] Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
Ghana
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[TD="class: topbigtabletitle27"]Information received on 29/06/2018 from Dr Kingsley Mickey Aryee, Ag. Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Accra, Ghana[/TD]
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[TD] Summary
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Report type[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Immediate notification[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of start of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]06/06/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of confirmation of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]21/06/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Report date[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]29/06/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date submitted to OIE[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]29/06/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Reason for notification[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Recurrence of a listed disease[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of previous occurrence[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]04/11/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Manifestation of disease[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Clinical disease[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Causal agent[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Serotype[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]H5[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Nature of diagnosis[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]This event pertains to[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]the whole country[/TD]
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[TD] New outbreaks (2)
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Outbreak 1[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Boankra, Ejisu, Ashanti[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Date of start of the outbreak[/TD]
[TD]06/06/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak status[/TD]
[TD]Continuing (or date resolved not provided)[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Epidemiological unit[/TD]
[TD]Farm[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected animals[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Susceptible[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Cases[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Deaths[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Killed and disposed of[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]11000[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]11000[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]5431[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]5569[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected population[/TD]
[TD]Cyanotic and enlarged combs and wattles. Conjunctivitis with ocular discharges, reddish shanks, dullness, loss of appetite and deaths[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Outbreak 2[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Nkawkaw, Kwahu West, Eastern[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Date of start of the outbreak[/TD]
[TD]18/06/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak status[/TD]
[TD]Continuing (or date resolved not provided)[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Epidemiological unit[/TD]
[TD]Farm[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected animals[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Susceptible[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Cases[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Deaths[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Killed and disposed of[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]2188[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]2188[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]504[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]1639[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected population[/TD]
[TD]A total of 2188 birds showed signs of cyanotic combs, wet vent, loss of appetite, and hemorrhagic shanks, followed by death.[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Summary of outbreaks[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total outbreaks: 2[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total animals affected[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Susceptible[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Cases[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Deaths[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Killed and disposed of[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]13188[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]13188[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]5935[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]7208[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]45[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak statistics[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent morbidity rate[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent case fatality rate[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Proportion susceptible animals lost*[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]100.00%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]45.00%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]45.00%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]100.00%[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, colspan: 2"]*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter[/TD]
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[TD] Epidemiology
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• Unknown or inconclusive
• Illegal movement of animals

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[TD]Birds from the outbreak farm in the Ejisu district of Ashanti region were illegally moved ot the farm at Nkawkaw in the Eastern region of Ghana.[/TD]
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[TD] Control measures
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• Movement control inside the country
• Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
• Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
• Quarantine
• Official destruction of animal products
• Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste
• Control of wildlife reservoirs
• Selective killing and disposal
• Zoning
• Disinfection
• Process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products
• Slaughter
• Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists)
• No treatment of affected animals

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• Traceability

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[TD] Diagnostic test results
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Test[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer"]Accra Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]21/06/2018[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer cb-centree last"]Positive[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer"]Accra Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]23/06/2018[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer cb-centree last"]Positive[/TD]
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[TD] Future Reporting
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[TD="class: filtrer"]The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.[/TD]
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Map of outbreak locations

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[Ronan Kelly]

Bird flu hits poultry farms in Ghana
The agriculture ministry says the highly pathogenic flu has been recorded in poultry farms in the Greater Accra, Eastern and Eastern regions.
by Isaac Kaledzi 23 hours ago

Ghana is reporting of an outbreak of H5 bird flu in parts of the country.

The agriculture ministry says the highly pathogenic flu has been recorded in poultry farms in the Greater Accra, Eastern and Eastern regions.


Officials said on Friday that over 10,000 birds have so far been killed by the flu across affected farms.

This is the second time this year that Ghana is recording an outbreak of bird flu.
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https://africafeeds.com/2018/06/30/bird-flu-hits-poultry-farms-in-ghana/

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.primenewsghana.com/gene...ffects-3-regions-kills-over-11-000-birds.html


Bird Flu outbreak affects 3 Regions, kills over 11,000 birds
Date: 03 July 2018
By Maame Aba Afful

An outbreak of avian influenza, also known as Bird flu has affected three regions in Ghana, leading to the killing of 11,816 birds.

5,431 birds have so far been killed by the flu at Boankra, near Ejisu in the Ashanti Region, while 5,935 have been killed in Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region.

In the Greater Accra Region, 450 birds have been killed as a result of the flu at a farm in Tema...

...?There are different types of the bird flu: H5N1, H2N3 and others,? he explained, adding that the type of flu that affected Boankra and Nkawkaw was the H5N1, described as highly pathogenic, which was very devastating.

Dr. Kikimoto, however, said the one in Tema was the low pathogenic, which killed slowly; and so the ministry was still running tests in the country before results would be forwarded to Padua...