Newcastle Disease in Sweden
SWEDEN - This is a report via OIE on the outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease in Sweden.
3 November 2003
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(Date of previous outbreak of Newcastle disease in Sweden reported to the OIE: February 2001).
Emergency report
Information received on 24 October 2003 from Dr Leif Denneberg, Chief Veterinary Officer, Swedish Board of Agriculture, Jönköping:
Date of the report: 24 October 2003.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.
Date of confirmation of diagnosis: 23 October 2003.
Outbreaks:
| Location | No. of outbreaks |
| Dalarna County (in central Sweden) | 1 |
Description of affected population: hobby flock.
Total number of animals in the outbreak:
| species | susceptible | cases | deaths | destroyed | slaughtered |
| avi | 81* | 25 | 25 | 56 | 0 |
* 40 pigeons, 30 turkeys, 10 laying hens, 1 cock
Diagnosis:
A. Laboratories where diagnosis was made:
- National Veterinary Institute(1), Uppsala;
- Veterinary Laboratories Agency - Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE Reference Laboratory for Newcastle disease).
B. Diagnostic tests used: virus isolation.
C. Causal agent: pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 (PPMV-1). Intracerebral pathogenicity index: 1.25.
Source of agent / origin of infection: under investigation.
Control measures:
- Stamping out.
- Transport restrictions enforced in the area for live poultry, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, fresh poultry meat, table eggs, manure and litter.
- All holdings with poultry within a 3-km radius will be clinically inspected by official veterinarians.
(1) SVA: Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt
Source: OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES - 31st October 2003
