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Taiwan: H5N3 in migratory birds

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201501190034.aspx

Another migratory bird found infected with bird flu virus H5
2015/01/19 21:44:20

Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) A Naumann's thrush (斑點鶇), a migratory bird uncommon to Taiwan, was confirmed Monday to be infected with an avian flu virus of the H5 subtype, prompting concerns over the state of monitoring migratory birds as the disease continues to spread.

The thrush was found dead on Jan. 16 in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, according to a local animal health agency.

In wake of the confirmed infection of three Chinese bulbuls (白頭翁) earlier in the day and the wider outbreak of avian flu among domestic poultry, Pingtung Magistrate Pan Men-an (潘孟安) urged the central government for more comprehensive monitoring of wild birds...
 
Source: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/01/20/426939/Chinese-bulbuls.htm

Chinese bulbuls become infected with bird flu virus H5N3
CNA
January 20, 2015, 12:00 am TWN



TAIPEI -- Three Chinese bulbuls (白頭翁) were confirmed to have been infected with H5N3 avian flu that has hit Taiwan, becoming the latest victims of the bird flu strain that has already attacked local geese and ducks, a local animal health agency said Monday.

The migratory birds were found dead on Jan. 14 in central Taiwan's Miaoli County within 1 kilometer of a slaughterhouse for fowl, according to the county's Animal Health Inspection and Quarantine Institute.

The Chinese bulbuls were infected with the H5N3 subtype of the virus, which had never been seen before in Taiwan until the current outbreak erupted in recent weeks, said agency chief Chang Chun-yi ...
 
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