UK: Cases of bird flu confirmed in poultry on Isle of Man

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-64111116

Cases of bird flu confirmed in poultry on Isle of Man
Published 2 hours ago

An outbreak of avian flu in farm birds has been confirmed in the west of the Isle of Man.

The government's chief veterinary officer said tests had shown cases of high pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in poultry in the Patrick area.

It marks the first outbreak of the virus in kept birds on the island since January.

The latest cases follow a large outbreak of avian flu in wild geese at the Point of Ayre in October.

Amy Beckett said that as a result of the cases, the Isle of Man had been declared "an infected area" and a 1.9 mile (3km) radius control zone had been put in place around the "infected premises"...

 

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REPORT PREVIEW

United Kingdom - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with) - Immediate notification

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

EVENT ID
4809

DISEASE
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with)

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
H5N1

START DATE
2022/12/24

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2021/05/06

CONFIRMATION DATE
2022/12/27

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification

REPORT ID
IN_158470

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2022/12/28

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Contact with wild species

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
No epidemiological comment
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NEW OUTBREAKS
OB_111084 - AI.IOM.2023.001 - PATRICK, ISLE OF MAN
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
AI.IOM.2023.001

START DATE
2022/12/24

END DATE
-

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Isle of Man

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Glenfaba

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Patrick

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

LOCATION
Patrick, Isle of Man

Latitude, Longitude
54.19 , -4.69

(Approximate location)
OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
-

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
Poultry unit with 800 chicken layers in total. Increased mortality and other clinical signs reported. Official samples were H5N1 HPAI positive

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Birds (DOMESTIC)
NEW 800 800 450 350 0 0
TOTA L 800 800 450 350 0 0
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