Russia - Bird flu confirmed
01 Jul 2010
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.
Source: newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk
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