Newcastle Disease in Norway
NORWAY - This is a report via OIE on the outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease in Norway.
3 November 2003
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(Date of previous outbreak of Newcastle disease in Norway reported to the OIE: December 1996).
Emergency report
Information received on 28 October 2003 from Dr Eivind Liven, Chief Veterinary Officer, Royal Ministry of Agriculture, Oslo:
Date of the report: 28 October 2003.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Date of initial detection of animal health incident: 3 October 2003.
Outbreaks:
| Location | No. of outbreaks |
| Hole municipality, Buskerud department | 1 |
Total number of animals in the outbreak:
| species | susceptible | cases | deaths | destroyed | slaughtered |
| avi | 112* | 50 | 10 | 102 | 0 |
* 80 pigeons, 28 dwarf hens (Bahamas) and 4 Muscovy ducks
Diagnosis:
A. Laboratories where diagnosis was made:
- National Veterinary Institute(1), Oslo;
- Veterinary Laboratories Agency - Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE Reference Laboratory for Newcastle disease).
B. Diagnostic tests used: virus isolation (inoculation of embryonated eggs), haemagglutination inhibition test, monoclonal antibodies test, RT-PCR(2).
C. Causal agent: pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 (PPMV-1); virulent sequence ’RRQKRF’; intracerebral pathogenicity index=0.4.
Source of agent / origin of infection: unknown.
Control measures:
- stamping out (the carcasses were buried);
- surveillance of the health status in all poultry holdings within a 10-km distance - for 4 weeks after completion of the cleansing and disinfection of the infected holding.
(1) Veterinærinstituttet
(2) RT-PCR: reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction
Source: OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES - 31st October 2003
