India - HP H5N1 Bird Flu in Poultry Reported in Two Karnataka Districts; 6,000 birds culled in a Week

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Bird Flu Cases Reported in Two Karnataka Districts, 6,000 Culled in a Week
The district administrations of Mysore and Davangere have ordered the culling of the birds in farms that are near the villages where the infections were found.
Revathi Rajeevan | CNN-News18Updated:March 19, 2020, 11:52 AM IST

Davangere: Amid the coronavirus outbreak in India, authorities are now fighting bird flu (Avian Influenza) after more than 6,000 domestic birds were found infected in two districts in Karnataka. The infected birds were culled in Mysore and Davangere since the flu was detected on Sunday.

On Tuesday, 4,100 birds were culled in Mysore after the flu was detected in Kumbarakoppal village while 989 birds were culled in the district on Wednesday...

 

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[TD]Information received on 02/06/2020 from Dr Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, New Delhi, India[/TD]
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[TD]Summary

[TD="width: 10%"]Report type[/TD]
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[TD="width: 10%"]Date of start of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]10/03/2020[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Date of confirmation of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]20/03/2020[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Report date[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]02/06/2020[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Date submitted to OIE[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]02/06/2020[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Reason for notification[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Recurrence of a listed disease[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Date of previous occurrence[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]03/09/2019[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Manifestation of disease[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Clinical disease[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Causal agent[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Highly pathogenic avian influenza Virus[/TD]

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[TD="width: 30%"]H5N1[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Nature of diagnosis[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Laboratory (advanced)[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]This event pertains to[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]a defined zone within the country[/TD]

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[TD]New outbreaks (2)[/TD]
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Bannikode, Harihara, Davanagere, Karnataka
Date of start of the outbreak	10/03/2020
Outbreak status	Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit	Farm
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 2700 25 15 2685 0

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Kumbarkoppalu, Metagalli, Mysuru, Mysuru, Karnataka
Date of start of the outbreak	12/03/2020
Outbreak status	Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit	Backyard
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 5776 16 13 5763 0

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Total outbreaks: 2
Total animals affected	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 8476 41 28 8448 0
Outbreak statistics	Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Birds 0.48% 0.33% 68.29% 100.00%

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[TD="colspan: 2"]*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter[/TD]

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[TD]Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

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[TD]Control measures

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

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[TD]Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Disease (OIE Reference Laboratory)	Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	20/03/2020	Positive

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[TD]Future Reporting

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

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