Routine Surveillance Reveals Low-Path Bird Flu in TW
TAIWAN - Routine surveillance has revealed H5N2 low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) in native poultry on a breeding farm in the west of the country.
22 March 2011
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The veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 21 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The birds tested positive for LPAI on 2 March on a farm in Sikou Township in Chia-i county in the west of the country. Of the 4980 birds on the farm, 20 tested positive.
The last occurrence of bird flu in Taiwan was in February 2011.
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