[Source: OIE, full PDF document: (LINK). Edited.]
Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry) H5N1 ,Germany
Information received on 12/03/2014 from Dr. Karin Schwabenbauer, Ministerial Dirigentin and Chief Veterinary Officer , Directorate of Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Bundesministerium f?r Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany
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Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry) H5N1 ,Germany
Information received on 12/03/2014 from Dr. Karin Schwabenbauer, Ministerial Dirigentin and Chief Veterinary Officer , Directorate of Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Bundesministerium f?r Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany
- Summary
- Report type Immediate notification
- Date of start of the event 09/03/2014
- Date of pre-confirmation of the event 11/03/2014
- Report date 12/03/2014
- Date submitted to OIE 12/03/2014
- Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
- Date of previous occurrence 12/2013
- Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
- Causal agent Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
- Serotype H5N1
- Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (basic)
- This event pertains to a defined zone within the country
- New outbreaks
- Summary of outbreaks
- Total outbreaks: 1
- Outbreak Location - NIEDERSACHSEN ( Laar, Vorwald (bei Emlichheim), Grafschaft Bentheim )
- Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
- Birds - 38323 - 48 - 48 - 38275 - 0
- Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
- Birds - 0.13% - 0.13% - 100.00% - 100.00%
- * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;
- Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
- Outbreak Location - NIEDERSACHSEN ( Laar, Vorwald (bei Emlichheim), Grafschaft Bentheim )
- Total outbreaks: 1
- Summary of outbreaks
- Epidemiology
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Unknown or inconclusive
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Epidemiological comments
- No movement of laying hens to other regions in Germany, Member States or Third Countries.
- Contact with wild species cannot be excluded.
- Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department:
- H5 and H7 avian influenza in its low pathogenic form in poultry is a notifiable disease as per Chapter 10.4. on avian influenza of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2013).
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Stamping out
- Screening
- Zoning
- Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
- Vaccination prohibited
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- No other measures
- Measures applied
- Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type - Friedrich Loeffler Institute ( National laboratory )
- Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
- Birds - real-time PCR - 11/03/2014 - Positive
- Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
- Laboratory name and type - Friedrich Loeffler Institute ( National laboratory )
- Future Reporting
- The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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