Chinese Poultry Farm Reports H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak
CHINA - A new outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has resulted in the death or destruction of more than 324,000 poultry on one farm in Guizhou province.
19 February 2014
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By: The veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No. 2 dated 18 February to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes one outbreak of HPAI at a farm in the village of Zhailong in Guizhou province in southern China, starting on 13 February.
In total, 324,268 birds were affected of which, 3,629 showed symptoms and 976; the surviving 323,292 birds were destroyed.
The presence of the H5N1 subtype of the HPAI virus has been confirmed.
The source of infection is unknown.
