Italy - Avian flu in Lucca province

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Versilia, 4 April 2023 - A case of avian flu has beendetected by the North West Tuscany health authority in a rural farm in Pietrasanta.

The 'red zone'

According to the Department of Prevention - Homogeneous Area of ​​Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health of the ASL, the case identified was most likely caused by migratory birds. The protocolfor containing the spread of the virus has therefore been implemented: a protection zone with a radius of three kilometers and a surveillance zone with a radius of 10 kilometers from the breeding site of the infection have been established in the area around the farm . All or part ofViareggio and all the municipalities of Versilia (Massarosa, Camaiore, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Stazzema and Forte dei Marmi) and a small part of the municipality of Montignoso (Massa Carrara) fall within the surveillance area.

https://www.lanazione.it/viareggio/cronaca/influenza-aviaria-versilia-l09a3rmb

 

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Italy - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with) - Follow up report 9

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
Listed disease

EVENT ID
4953

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

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
H5N1

START DATE
2023/03/06

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated strain

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2022/12/30

CONFIRMATION DATE
2023/03/07

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Follow-up report 9

REPORT ID
FUR_161179

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2023/05/31

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
No epidemiological comment

QUANTITATIVE DATA SUMMARY
MEASURING UNIT
Animal

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Birds (DOMESTIC)
NEW 30 30 25 - - -
TOTAL 1085502 493 488 1085016 - -
...
UPDATED OUTBREAKS

OB_116828 - HPAI-2023-4 - PIETRASANTA
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
HPAI-2023-4

START DATE
2023/03/30

END DATE
2023/05/05

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Toscana

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Lucca

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Pietrasanta

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Backyard

LOCATION
Pietrasanta

Latitude, Longitude
43.924961 , 10.225462

OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
-

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI), subtype H5N1 - has been detected in a backyard farm

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Birds (DOMESTIC)
Poultry
NEW 30 30 25 - - -
TOTAL 30 30 25 - - -
...

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4953​