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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

China : Highly pathogenic avian influenza (an OIE report)

From OIE, an outbreak of Avian Influenza has been notified, read the whole notification, excerpt :

" Information received on 02/07/2010 from Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Deputy Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Beijing, China (People's Rep. of).

Summary

Report type - Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date - 09/05/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event - 03/06/2010
Report date - 02/07/2010
Date submitted to OIE - 02/07/2010
Date event resolved - 25/05/2010
Reason for notification - Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence - 05/2009
Manifestation of disease - Clinical disease
Causal agent - Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype - H5N1
Nature of diagnosis - Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to - a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Affected Population

141 brown-headed gulls (Larus brunnicephalus), 27 bar-headed geese (Anser indicus), one red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and one Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope)."

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