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Iraq - OIE confirms H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm in Diyala province - January 8, 2018

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
DIYALA: 25 000 CHICKENS KILLED AFTER BIRD FLU CASE RECORDED

[FONT=&quot]local source in the province of Diyala, on Monday, the execution of 25 thousand chickens in a poultry field northwest of the province after the registration of bird flu, confirming the containment of the disease.[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]The source said in an interview with the news that "the veterinary detachments in Diyala has exterminated 25 thousand chickens in one of the poultry fields near the area of ​​New Shat (30 km northwest of Baquba) after the registration of bird flu recently."[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]The source, who asked not to be named, said that "the veterinary teams imposed a quarantine on the affected field and tightened procedures in the vicinity of 3 km before it succeeded in containing the disease completely to prevent transmission of infection to other fields," noting that "the situation is now under control."[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]The Ministry of Agriculture announced on Sunday (24 December 2017) the ban on the importation of poultry and its derivatives from Saudi Arabia due to the emergence of bird flu in Saudi Arabia.

https://n.annabaa.org/news26057[/FONT]
 
[h=1][FONT=&quot]A new chicken crisis has escalated amid demands for "urgent" compensation for those affected[/FONT][/h] [h=3][/h]
[FONT=&quot]Posted 2 hours ago[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]number of chickens that have been culled in the area of ​​New Shat to 50 thousand chickens within the plans to contain bird flu, a local official in Diyala, on Wednesday, called on the central government to adopt the file "urgent compensation" for those affected.[/FONT] [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"The number of chickens that were executed by the veterinary detachments in cooperation with the choked departments has increased to 50 thousand chickens in the area of ​​New Alsht," said the mayor of the district of Khalis Uday Khaddran in an interview with Alsumaria News.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]"The increase in the number of chickens that have been executed is part of the requirements to contain the disease more reassuring and prevent spread to the rest of the regions," adding that "the disease is specified in the field of poultry and no injuries in neighboring areas, according to the assurances of the competent authorities."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]He called on the central government to "adopt the file of urgent compensation for those affected by bird flu because the size of the losses are very heavy estimated hundreds of millions of dinars."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The head of the Diyala Ali al-Daini warned on Tuesday that the indiscriminate import behind the "disaster" bird flu in the new Shatt, while not ruled out that there are "hidden hands" to destroy the economy of the province, called for compensation for those affected

https://www.iraqakhbar.com/683987[/FONT]
 
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[TD="width: *, align: left"] Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
Iraq

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[TD="class: topbigtabletitle27"]Information received on 07/01/2018 from Dr Salah Fadhil Abbas, Director General, Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture , Baghdad, Iraq[/TD]
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[TD] Summary
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Report type[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Immediate notification[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of start of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]27/12/2017[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of confirmation of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]28/12/2017[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Report date[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]07/01/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date submitted to OIE[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]07/01/2018[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Reason for notification[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Recurrence of a listed disease[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of previous occurrence[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]12/10/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Manifestation of disease[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Clinical disease[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Causal agent[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Serotype[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]H5N8[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Nature of diagnosis[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]This event pertains to[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]a defined zone within the country[/TD]
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[TD] New outbreaks (1)
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Outbreak 1 (1)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Jedaidat Alshat, DIYALA[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Date of start of the outbreak[/TD]
[TD]27/12/2017[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak status[/TD]
[TD]Continuing (or date resolved not provided)[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Epidemiological unit[/TD]
[TD]Farm[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected animals[/TD]
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[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"]Killed and disposed of[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]43000[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]8250[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]7250[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]35750[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Summary of outbreaks[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total outbreaks: 1[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total animals affected[/TD]
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[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"]Killed and disposed of[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]43000[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]8250[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]7250[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]35750[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak statistics[/TD]
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[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]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]19.19%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]16.86%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]87.88%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]100.00%[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, colspan: 2"]*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter[/TD]
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[TD] Epidemiology
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection[/TD]
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  • Contact with wild species
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[TD] Control measures
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Measures applied[/TD]
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  • Movement control inside the country
  • Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
  • Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
  • Screening
  • Traceability
  • Quarantine
  • Official destruction of animal products
  • Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste
  • Stamping out
  • Control of wildlife reservoirs
  • Zoning
  • Disinfection
  • Process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products
  • Ante and post-mortem inspections
  • Vaccination prohibited
  • No treatment of affected animals
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Measures to be applied[/TD]
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  • No other measures
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[TD] Diagnostic test results
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[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]
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[TD="class: filtrer"]Iraq Central Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]real-time PCR[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]28/12/2017[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer cb-centree last"]Positive[/TD]
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[TD] Future Reporting
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[TD="class: filtrer"]The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.[/TD]
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http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/w...?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=25609
 
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