Newcastle Disease in Greece - GREECE - This is a Follow-up report (No. 1) via OIE on the Newcastle Disease in Greece.

See also: 8 April 2005, 18 February 2005, 21 January 2005, 14 January 2005

Information received on 25 April 2005 from Dr Vasilios Stylas, Head, Animal Health Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Athens:

End of previous report period: 6 April 2005 (see Disease Information, 18 [14], 99, dated 8 April 2005).

End of this report period: 25 April 2005.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 5 April 2005.

Date of start of the event: 8 March 2005.

Clinical disease: yes.

Details of new outbreak:

First administrative division	Lower administrative division	Type of epidemio-logical unit	Name of the location	Latitude	Longitude
Central Macedonia	Kilkis	farm	village of Pedino	40º 54' 50'' N	22º 52' 05'' E

Date of start of the outbreak	Species	Number of animals in the outbreak
		susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
14 April 2005	avi	81,100	...	39,315	41,785	0

Description of affected population in the new outbreak: broilers. In the affected holding chickens were of two different age-groups: a group of 37-day-old chickens and a group of 30-day-old chickens. According to information provided by the owner, these flocks were vaccinated against Newcastle disease, using B1 spray, at the age of 1 day, 15 days and 22 days.

Diagnosis:

Laboratory where diagnosis was made	Diagnostic tests used	Date	Results
Centre of Veterinary Institutions of Thessaloniki - Laboratory of Avian Pathology	post-mortem examination	20 April 2005	positive

Source of outbreak or origin of infection: airborne spread. The infection may have spread from the first outbreak in the same area (see immediate notification report), which was eradicated on 5 April 2005.

Control measures undertaken:

- stamping out;

- zoning;

- disinfection of affected premises.

Vaccination prohibited: no.

Other details/comments: the affected holding is located within the 10-km-radius protection zone established around the first outbreak of Newcastle disease that occurred in this region.

Source: Office International des Epizooties - 29th April 2005