State Veterinary Administration of the Czech Republic

1. State Veterinary Administrationof the Czech Republic HPAI – H5N1 in the Czech Republic 2007 MVDr. Milan Malena, Ph.D. MVDr. Josef Vitasek, Ph.D.

2. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC IN EUROPE AREA: 78 864 km2 POPULATION: 10,3 mil. Zdroj WWW.SEZNAM.CZ

3. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC REGIONAL VETERINARY ADMINISTRATIONS (RVAs) Ústi nad Labem Liberec Hradec Králové Praha Pardubice Karlovy Vary Olomouc Ostrava Benešov Zlín Plzen České Budějovice Brno Jihlava

4. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC STATE VETERINARY INSTITUTES (SVIs) SVI Praha SVI Hradec Králové SVI Olomouc SVIČeské Budějovice SVI Jihlava

5. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Report on the action Start of event: 20 June 2007 – date of suspicion in the primary outbreak End of event: 14 August 2007 – lifting of measures in zones

6. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Chronological overview of HPAI outbreaks in the CRduring June – July 2007

7. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Chronological overview of HPAI outbreaks in the CRduring June – July 2007

8. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Chronological overview of HPAI outbreaks in the CRduring June – July 2007

9. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Chronological owerview of HPAI outbreaks in the CRduring June – July 2007

10. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Preventive killing of poultry in commercial holdings in protection zone

11. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Preventive killing of poultry in commercial holdings in protection zone

12. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Preventive killing of poultry in non-commercial (backyards) holdings in protection zone

13. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Used methods of killing Commercial flocks – CO2 - in container – concentration 70 % - gassing of halls – concentration 30 % at a height of 1 meter - time necessary for filling the hall – 2 hours - after filling with CO2 poultry remained in the hall – 1 hour Non-commercial flocks – killing by T61 (injection) dose: 1.5 ml/kg of weight Higher dose accelerates onset of effect

14. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Forces involved in eradication of the outbreak SVA RVA IRS (Integrated Rescue system) – basic forces - FRS – (Fire Rescue Staff) - Army - Police PHS (Public Health Service) Municipality Linde – Technoplyn – supply of CO2 + technical equipment RP (Rendering Plant) – disposal of cadavers DDD - private disinfection company breeders

15. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC SVA – emergency stock of disinfectant – co-ordination of EDCC activities – information on disase situation in national and international level Emergency Diseases Control Centre – killing of poultry in commercial flocks – filling containers with gas – concentration measurement – injection killing of poultry in backyard flocks

16. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IRS FRS, Army– removal of poultry from halls – placing of poultry to containers – technical performance of gassing halls – removal of killed poultry from halls after end of gassing – continuous and preliminary disinfection – decontamination corridors for person and vehicles Police– watching the outbreak and area around the outbreak (“danger zone”) – accompaniment of teams performing preventive killing of poultry in backyard flocks

17. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Municipality– census of farmers – census of killed poultry – accompaniment of teams performing killing of poultry in backyard flocks – collection and transport of killed poultry PHS – supply of antivirus preparations (Tamiflu) – health care in the case of injuries

18. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Disinfection – in commercial flocks continuous and preliminary cleaning and disinfection – IRS decontamination corridors for persons and machinery – IRS final disinfection – private company – in non-commercial flocks – private company – in commercial flocks killed from preventive reasons – private company Consumption of disinfectant totally – 19 tons

19. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Disposal of hatching eggs

20. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Killing in backyards

21. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Poultry house gassing

22. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Disinfection in HPAI outbreaks

23. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Technical equipment for gassing

24. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC On-loading of killed poultry to container

25. STATE VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HPAI – H5N1 IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Thank you for your attention