Russia Reports Wild Birds with Bird Flu
RUSSIA - A total of 367 wild birds found dead in Tyva Republic were infected with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
28 June 2010
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The veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 25 June to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes the finding of 367 wild birds dead at a lake at Ovursky in Tyva Republic in the south of Siberia earlier this month.
The presence of the H5N1 sub-type of the HPAI virus has been confirmed.
The last outbreak of HPAI in the country was in January this year.
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