New Outbreak of Bird Flu in India
WEST BENGAL, INDIA - A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been reported in West Bengal.
18 January 2010
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The Indian veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 15 January to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes a new outbreak of HPAI at Khargram in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. It started on 12 January in a flock of around 80,000 village poultry. Around 1,000 birds died.
The virus has been identified as belonging to the H5 sub-group.
The last outbreak of HPAI in the country was in October 2009.
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