11.11.2005

Report date: 9 November 2005.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 7 November 2005.
Date of start of the event: 2 November 2005.
Clinical disease: yes.
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, post-mortem and laboratory.
An outbreak of Newcastle disease (ND) was reported in a farm in the area of Diavata-Sindos, Prefecture of Thessaloniki in the Central Macedonia region.
Number of susceptible animals in the outbreak (village): 3,100.
Number of deaths: 324.
Number of animals destroyed: 2,776.
Description of affected population: vaccinated layer hens raised under a conventional system (OIE).