Newcastle Disease In The Czech Republic

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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Newcastle Disease In The Czech Republic

CZECH REPUBLIC - This is a report via OIE on the latest Newcastle Disease outbreak in the Czech Republic.

Information received on 30/01/2007 from Mr Josef Vitásek, Director of State Veterinary , Department for Protection of Health and Animal Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture , PRAGUE, Czech Republic

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	15/01/2007
Date of confirmation of event	29/01/2007
Report date	30/01/2007
Date submitted to OIE	30/01/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	07/1998
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Avian paramyxovirus
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic)
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New Outbreaks

Outbreak 1

Jezborice, Pardubice, PARDUBICKÝ

Date of start of outbreak

15/01/2007

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not submitted)

Epidemiological unit

Not applicable

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	36	3	1	35	0

Affected population

backyard fowls - pigeons

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	8.33%	2.78%	33.33%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of infection	Contact with wild Species
Epidemiological comments	ICPI = 1,48

Control measures

Measures already applied	Movement control inside the country Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Stamping out Vaccination permitted No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified