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For the second time in two days (see yesterday's post on Outbreaks in Veneto & Lombardy), Italy's IZSV (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie) has announced two more outbreaks of HPAI H5 in commercial poultry, this time both in Veneto.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Italy
2016/2017 – H5N5, H5N8
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August 2017
23/08/2017 – On 22 August, the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease confirmed as positive for Avian Influenza A virus subtype H5 a fattening turkey farm in Verona province, Veneto region. About 10.900 male turkeys (86 day-old) were present in the premise where an increase on mortality rates was observed starting from Sunday 20.
On 23 August another fattening turkey farms in Verona province were confirmed as positive for AI subtype H5. In this premise, about 33.000 birds (75 day-old) were reared, and an increase in mortality was notified in the previous days.
As provided by the Council Directive 2005/94/EC, restriction zones (protection and surveillance zones) were defined around the infected holdings, and control measures were implemented. Culling, cleaning and disinfection procedures were concluded in the turkey farms confirmed as positive on 21 and 22 August, while in the game bird farm in Lodi province (confirmed on 21 August) and in the last case (turkey farm) in Verona province, the operations are planned for 24 August.
Today's report represents the 16th and 17th AI report since July 20th, which has affected in excess of 800,000 birds. While we await full subtyping - so far in 2017 - all HPAI H5 outbreaks in Italy have come back as H5N8.
