No New Outbreaks of HPAI in Mongolia
MONGOLIA - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reports that Monolia is free from avian influenza.
18 June 2010
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The Mongolian veterinary authorities sent a final report to the OIE on 16 June 2010.
The disease had first been observed on 3 May 2010 in in wild bird species (whooper swans and greylag geese).
Gene sequencing, haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT) and virus isolation tests were conducted at Hokkaido University, the OIE’s reference laboratory, and the results came out positive.
The source of the outbreaks is still unknown.
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