Germany Reports New Outbreak of Low-Path AI
GERMANY - The veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).
The German veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification to the World Organisation for Anima Health (OIE) on 20 November.
It reports a new outbreak of LPAI at a farm in Grosswechsungen in Thuringen in central Germany. Twenty-five birds from a flock of 2,420 birds died and another 10 have been destroyed.
The H5 sub-type of the avian flu virus has been identified, a low-pathogenic type.
The last outbreak of LPAI in Germany was in April this year.
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