SCOPAFF 20 November 2014

Paul Leijs DVM MBASenior consultant Chief Veterinary Inspector

HPAI HekendorpThe Netherlands

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Onset 14 November 2014

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Increase of dead animals 1% prompts the farmer to call his vet.

Veterinarian•Sends 5 carcasses from stable “9” to the Animal Health service•Notifies the competent authority (obligation by national law)

The competent authority•Asks the Animal Health service to take swabs of the carcasses for the National Reference Laboratory (CVI)

RESULT PCR positive H5

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The Farm

• 5 stables • 23.000 laying hens

• 1 stable• 25.000 laying hens

• 1 stable• 6000 10 day old chicks

Approx 150.000 animals

15 November 2014

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19:00h Meeting at the ministry after positive result PCR H5 (official sample)

20:30h Temporary measures for Hekendorp• 1 km restriction area

• contains 2 other farms

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6:15h involved colleagues informedH5N8 High pathogen AIFirst response team isculling the stable withsick animals

11:00h meeting Management Crisis teamOperational team

11:30h Standstillin The NETHERLANDS

16 November 2014

16 November 2014

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Screening the 10 km11 farms (5 empty)

Tracing all the contacts•Animal•Human

• Student • Farmer meeting

• Feed• Manure• Eggs

Finished culling two stables

Enforcement standstill

17 November 2014

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Removal of the dead animalsCulling of the chicks with containersCulling the animals in the other stablesCleaning and disinfection

Visiting and sampling tracing contacts

Enforcement standstill

18 November 2014

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Removal of the last dead animalsCleaning and disinfection

All screening samples are negative

Standstill for theNetherlands lifted

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10 KM

3 KM

Questions?

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