Slovakia - 1 new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in captive birds in zoo, Trencin (OIE, January 27, 2020)

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[TD]Information received on 27/01/2020 from Dr Jozef Bires , Director & Chief Veterinary Officer , State Veterinary and Food Administration , Ministry of Agriculture, BRATISLAVA, Slovakia[/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%"]09/01/2020[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Date of confirmation of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]09/01/2020[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Report date[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]27/01/2020[/TD]

[TD="width: 10%"]Date submitted to OIE[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]27/01/2020[/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%"]22/05/2017[/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%"]H5N8[/TD]

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

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

[TD="width: 10%"]Related reports[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"] Immediate notification (10/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (20/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (21/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (27/01/2020) [/TD]

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[TD]New outbreaks (1)

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Bojnice, Prievidza, Trencin
Date of start of the outbreak	27/01/2020
Outbreak status	Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit	Zoo
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wood Duck:Aix sponsa(Anatidae) 1 1 1 0 0 Silver Teal:Anas versicolor(Anatidae) 3 3 3 0 0 Eurasian Spoonbilllatalea leucorodia(Threskiornithidae) 4 4 4 0 0 Berniers teal:Anas bernieri(Anatidae) 1 1 1 0 0
Affected population	These are captive birds. There are 493 captive birds in the ZOO.

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Total outbreaks: 1
Total animals affected	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wood Duck:Aix sponsa(Anatidae) 1 1 1 0 0 Silver Teal:Anas versicolor(Anatidae) 3 3 3 0 0 Eurasian Spoonbilllatalea leucorodia(Threskiornithidae) 4 4 4 0 0 Berniers teal:Anas bernieri(Anatidae) 1 1 1 0 0
Outbreak statistics	Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Wood Duck:Aix sponsa(Anatidae) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% Silver Teal:Anas versicolor(Anatidae) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% Eurasian Spoonbilllatalea leucorodia(Threskiornithidae) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% Berniers teal:Anas bernieri(Anatidae) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 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 Contact with wild species

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[TD]Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Stamping out Disinfection Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) 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
State Veterinary Institute in Zvolen (National laboratory)	Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	24/01/2020	Positive

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[TD]Future Reporting

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

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