Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry),
Dominican Republic

Information received on 21/07/2020 from Dra Nimia Lissette Gómez Rodríguez, Directora, Dirección de Sanidad Animal Dirección General de Ganadería (DIGEGA), Ministerio de Agricultura, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 8 (Final report)
Date of start of the event	02/11/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	29/11/2018
Report date	21/07/2020
Date submitted to OIE	21/07/2020
Date event resolved	02/04/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	27/06/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Low pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N2
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (24/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (22/04/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (16/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (23/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (19/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 5 (10/03/2020) Follow-up report No. 6 (07/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 7 (16/04/2020) Follow-up report No. 8 (21/07/2020)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Laboratory results indicate an intravenous pathogenicity index of zero. The birds finished their productive cycles and were finally slaughtered. No new cases of low pathogenic avian influenza have been detected and active and passive surveillance continues in the poultry farms.

Control measures

Measures applied

Movement control inside the country
Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)
Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
Screening
Quarantine
Official destruction of animal products
Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste
Selective killing and disposal
Disinfection
Process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products
Slaughter
Ante and post-mortem inspections
No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied

No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.