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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