Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
Philippines

Information received on 04/08/2020 from Dr Ronnie Domingo, Officer-In-Charge, Chief Veterinary Officer, Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, Manila, Philippines

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 1
Date of start of the event	06/07/2020
Date of confirmation of the event	10/07/2020
Report date	04/08/2020
Date submitted to OIE	04/08/2020
Date event resolved	11/09/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	09/03/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N6
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (29/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (04/08/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (22/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (28/09/2020) Follow-up report No. 4 (13/01/2021)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Contact with wild species
Epidemiological comments	Presence of water birds and waterfowls in the rice field beside the layer farm.

Control measures

Measures applied	Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Quarantine Stamping out Disinfection Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Traceability

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.