Japan - Avian influenza from Mandarin Duck in Oita prefecture - Bungo-Ono city

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12 Feb., Ôita prefecture announced http://www.pref.oita.jp/uploaded/attachment/126068.pdf

H5 subtype was detected from mandarin duck by genetic test

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prefectural roadside, chitose town, Bungo-Ôno city, Ôita prefecture

12 Feb.,
Bungo-Ôno police station officer found unhealthy mandarin duck at roadside
it informed Ôita prefecture
Hôhi Development Bureau officer took mandarin duck
mandarin duck transferred to Ôita prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science
it detected H5 subtype
and mandarin duck was euthanized

specimens transfers to Tottori University

Ôita prefecture inquired 9 farms within 10 km radius from the spot
9 farms had no problem

bungo-ôno city http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungo-%C5%8Dno,_%C5%8Cita
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