Newcastle disease in Great Britain - GREAT BRITAIN - This is the latest report from OIE on the outbreak of Newcastle Disease in Great Britain.

(Date of previous outbreak of Newcastle disease in Great Britain reported to the OIE: April 1997).

Immediate notification report

Information received on 16 July 2005 from Dr Debby Reynolds, Director General for Animal Health and Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), London:

Report date: 15 July 2005.

Reason for immediate notification: re-occurrence of a listed disease or infection in a country or zone/compartment following a report declaring the outbreak(s) ended.

Precise identification of agent: avian paramyxovirus serotype 1 lineage 5B.

Date of first confirmation of the event: 12 July 2005.

Nature of diagnosis: clinical and laboratory.

Details of outbreak:

First administrative division	Lower administrative division	Type of epidemio-logical unit	Name of the location	Latitude	Longitude
Surrey	West Horsley	farm	West Horsley	51º 16' 26" N	0º 28' 56" W

Date of start of the outbreak	Species	Number of animals in the outbreak
		susceptible	cases	deaths	destroyed	slaughtered
...	avi	approx. 11,000	...	...	...	...

Description of affected population: semi-wild pheasants reared for shooting.

Diagnosis:

Laboratory where diagnosis was made	Diagnostic tests used	Date	Results
VLA Weybridge	haemagglutination inhibition test	12 July 2005	positive
	virus isolation	14 July 2005	positive
	molecular sequencing	15 July 2005	virulent sequence

Source of outbreak or origin of infection: unknown or inconclusive.

Control measures:

- stamping out;

- movement control inside the country;

- screening;

- zoning;

- prophylactic vaccination of poultry undertaken routinely.

Source: Office International des Epizooties - 22nd July 2005