Qinghai H5N1 Spread into Thuringen Poultry?
Recombinomics Commentary
July 5, 2007
The investigation of a house goose in the district Saalfeld/Rudolstadt resulted in positive findings, as the speaker of the Thueringer of Ministry of Health communicated, Thomas Schulz. Whether it concerns the hochpathogene virus of the Subtyp H5N1, in Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the island Riems one clarify now.
The above translation strongly suggests that the infected goose in Thuringen will also test positive for H5N1. H5N1 has already been confirmed in three locations in Thuringen, as well as three adjacent states (Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria). The number of dead wild birds has now topped 200 and the number of confirmed infections has topped 50.
The laboratory confirmed H5 positives suggest H5N1 will be found on additional farms and in wild birds in neighboring countries.
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