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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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	State Veterinary Institute (SVI), Prague (Regional Reference Laboratory)
Tests and results	Species Test Test date Result Birds intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) test 29/01/2007 Positive

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