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Update: April 17, 2006
Wild birds infected with H5N1 were reported from Austria, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden this week. Poultry outbreaks were reported in Germany, Pakistan, and Russia. Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief epidemiologist, said that Russia may have lost nearly 47% of its commercial poultry to bird flu this year.
The discovery of H5N1 in the swan found dead at Cellardyke, Scotland, has raised a number of questions. Initially the swan was identified as a non-migratory mute swan (Cygnus olor); however, subsequent work determined that the bird was a migratory whooper swan (C. cygnus). The extent of the "Wildlife Risk Area" determined by the UK's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs may have to be adjusted based on this new information. Issues were also raised about how samples are collected and stored for avian influenza testing by UK authorities and scientists interviewed by New Scientistfear that the incidence of avian influenza in wild birds in Britain may be higher than existing results indicate. (More...)
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/index.jsp
Update: April 17, 2006
Wild birds infected with H5N1 were reported from Austria, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden this week. Poultry outbreaks were reported in Germany, Pakistan, and Russia. Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief epidemiologist, said that Russia may have lost nearly 47% of its commercial poultry to bird flu this year.
The discovery of H5N1 in the swan found dead at Cellardyke, Scotland, has raised a number of questions. Initially the swan was identified as a non-migratory mute swan (Cygnus olor); however, subsequent work determined that the bird was a migratory whooper swan (C. cygnus). The extent of the "Wildlife Risk Area" determined by the UK's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs may have to be adjusted based on this new information. Issues were also raised about how samples are collected and stored for avian influenza testing by UK authorities and scientists interviewed by New Scientistfear that the incidence of avian influenza in wild birds in Britain may be higher than existing results indicate. (More...)
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/index.jsp