• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

Spain reports outbreak of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in ducks in a northeastern farm in Catalonia

Pathfinder

Pathfinder

Editor, Senior Moderator
| Thu Feb 23, 2017 | 10:37am EST
Spain reports outbreak of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in ducks

Spain reported a case of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in a northeastern farm in Catalonia and said it would cull 17,000 ducks, the regional government confirmed on Thursday.

The Central Veterinarian Laboratory in Algete, in the outskirts of Madrid, announced Wednesday night the outbreak in a duck farm near Girona.

On Tuesday, another H5N8 strain was reported due to a dead stork in a nearby area. Nine farms in total are currently under investigation in Catalonia as a precautionary measure.
...
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-he...-idUSKBN1621VS
 
[h=1]The Generalitat sacrifices 17,000 ducks of a farm of the Giron?s when declaring a focus of bird flu[/h]
THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2017 - 18:39 CET
A total of 17,600 ducks from a poultry farm in the municipality of Sant Gregori in the region of Giron?s have begun to be slaughtered as a control measure after detecting an outbreak of bird flu , the first on a commercial farm in Catalonia and Spain since That last October declared the current episode in Europe.
The detected influenza A virus of the subtype H5N8 is harmless to humans - there is no known case of transmission in the world - but is highly contagious among farm birds, which is why "it is necessary to The precautions, "explained the 'Consellera' of Agriculture,Meritxell Serret , announcing the appearance of the outbreak.
The focus of Sant Gregori was detected last Saturday following the death of several dozen ducks. Following the established protocol, the animals of the farm were immobilized and samples of the deceased birds were taken to the Center de Sanitat Av?cola de Catalunya and later to the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Algete (Madrid), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, where The H5N8 virus was officially certified Wednesday.

more..

http://www.elperiodico.com/es/notic...aviaria-una-explotacion-patos-girones-5855619
 
[TABLE="class: TableChoisir, border: 0, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD]

[TD="align: left"] Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
Spain [/TD]
[TD="width: 1%, align: right"] [/TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [TABLE="class: TableChoisir, border: 0, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="class: topbigtabletitle27"]Information received on 23/02/2017 from Dr Valent?n Almansa, Director General, Sanidad de la Produccion Agraria, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentaci?n y Medio Ambiente, Madrid, Spain[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Summary [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 917"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Report type[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Immediate notification[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of start of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]18/02/2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of confirmation of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]23/02/2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Report date[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]23/02/2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date submitted to OIE[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]23/02/2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Reason for notification[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]New strain of a listed disease in the country[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Causal agent[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Serotype[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]H5N8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Nature of diagnosis[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Laboratory (advanced)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]This event pertains to[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]a defined zone within the country[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New outbreaks (1)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 917"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Outbreak 1[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Sant Gregori, Girona, CATALUNA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Date of start of the outbreak[/TD]
[TD]18/02/2017[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak status[/TD]
[TD]Continuing (or date resolved not provided)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Epidemiological unit[/TD]
[TD]Farm[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected animals[/TD]
[TD] [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 774"]
[TR]
[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"]Destroyed[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]17800[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]723[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]723[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]17077[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected population[/TD]
[TD]The first suspicion of the disease occurred following mortality in one of the six sheds in the duck farm. Samples were sent to the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Algete, the national reference laboratory, for confirmation and pathogenicity identification. On 23 February, a highly pathogenic H5N8 strain was confirmed.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 917"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Summary of outbreaks[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total outbreaks: 1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total animals affected[/TD]
[TD] [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 744"]
[TR]
[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"]Destroyed[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]17800[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]723[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]723[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]17077[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak statistics[/TD]
[TD] [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 744"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent morbidity rate[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent mortality rate[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent case fatality rate[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Proportion susceptible animals lost*[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]4.06%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]4.06%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]100.00%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]100.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, colspan: 2"]*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Epidemiology [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 917"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection[/TD]
[TD]
  • Unknown or inconclusive
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Control measures [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 917"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Measures applied[/TD]
[TD]
  • Movement control inside the country
  • Traceability
  • Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
  • Stamping out
  • Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
  • Vaccination prohibited
  • No treatment of affected animals
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Measures to be applied[/TD]
[TD]
  • Disinfection / Disinfestation
  • Zoning
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Diagnostic test results [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 917"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Laboratory name and type[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Test[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Test date[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left last"]Result[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Central Veterinary Laboratory, Algete (National laboratory)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]real-time PCR[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]23/02/2017[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer cb-centree last"]Positive[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Central Veterinary Laboratory, Algete (National laboratory)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]virus sequencing[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]23/02/2017[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer cb-centree last"]Positive[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Future Reporting [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 917"]
[TR]
[TD="class: filtrer"]The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
...
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/w...?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=22984
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top