1. 1 NOTIFIABLE AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND NAI PREPAREDNESS MEASURES MARCH 2006

2. 2 NAI EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA  OUTBREAK OSTRICHES IN 2004  H5N2 SUBTYPE  EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE

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5. 5 NAI EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA

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7. 7  CONTROL MEASURES CULLING POLICY ADDITIONAL MEASURES –30km control zone –Movement control measures –Countrywide export ban –Countrywide surveillance –Forward and backward tracing

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11. 11 EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE AVIAN INFLUENZA  Serology Test for >10% prevalence at 95% confidence HI for ostrich serum ELISA screening for chicken serum with HI confirmation No. of Farms Tested No. of Positive Farms Ostriches51919 Commercial Chickens 100 Farmyard Chickens1330 Pigs in area3300 Wild Birds860

12. 12 EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE AVIAN INFLUENZA  Virus isolation Embryonated eggs PCR & NASBA No. of Farms Seropositive Positive Virus Result Number of ostrich farms 16 8 farms (16748 tracheal and cloacal swabs & post- mortems)

13. 13 EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE AVIAN INFLUENZA  Eradication Campaign All ostriches on seropositive farms All poultry in 3km radius around seropositive farms Disinfection and minimum 30 day standstill of infected farms Controlled restocking programme Serological retesting of all ostrich farms in Province: All negative on two occasions.

14. 14 NAI EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA  WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE SURVEILLANCE YIELDED POSITIVES ON SEROLOGY NO SICK OSTRICHES CONTROLLED SLAUGHTER  CHICKENS NEGATIVE ENTIRE COUNTRY

15. 15 NAI EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA  EXTENSIVE SURVEILLANCE IN 2005 COMMERCIAL OSTRICH FARMS COMMERICAL CHICKEN FARMS NON-COMMERCIAL CHICKEN FARMS  DECLARATION NAI FREEDOM: 15 SEPTEMBER 2005  NAI FREE STATUS ACCEPTED BY: EU OIE

16. 16 NAI PREPAREDNESS IN SOUTH AFRICA  NAI PREPAREDNESS IN SOUTH AFRICA

17. 17 NAI PREPAREDNES MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA  PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF NAI VIRUS IMPORT CONTROL MEASURES –LIVE POULTRY -NAI FREE COUNTRIES PAST 6 MONTHS -PRE-IMPORT TESTING, QUARANTINE, RETESTED –POULTRY PRODUCTS - MEAT: NAI FREE COUNTRIES PAST 6 MONTHS -OTHER PRODUCTS: TREATMENT TO INACTIVATE VIRUS

18. 18 NAI PREPAREDNESS MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA  PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF NAI VIRUS IMPORT CONTROL MEASURES (cont) –BIRDS –OTHER SPECIES: - PIGS, CATS

19. 19 NAI PREPAREDNESS MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA  PROOF OF CONTINUED FREEDOM EXTENSIVE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME –COMMERCIAL OSTRICHES –COMMERCIAL CHICKENS –NON-COMMERCIAL CHICKENS SURVEILLANCE IN MIGRATORY BIRDS

20. 20 NAI PREPAREDNESS MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA  IN CASE OF INTRODUCTION OF NAI VIRUS CONTINGENCY PLAN –SUSPECTED/CONFIRMED OUTBREAK –QUARANTINE –MOVEMENT CONTROL –DEPOPULATION –VACCINATION

21. 21 NAI PREPAREDNESS MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA  ACTIVATION OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

22. 22 NAI PREPAREDNESS MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA  MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE - ACTIVATION OF OTHER ROLE PLAYERS AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL MINISTER OF DEFENCE MINISTER SAFETY AND SECURITY DPLG: –NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT  CASCADE: NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION PROVINCIAL CO-ORDINATION LOCAL –EXECUTION CONTROL ACTIVITIES

23. 23 NAI PREPAREDNESS MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA  CONCLUSION