H5N1 in Domestic Ducks in Bavaria
Recombinomics Commentary
August 24, 2007
In a poultry yard in Bavaria several cases of bird flu were discovered
it concerns an enterprise in Wachenroth
The Second Channel of German Television reported in the evening, there about 44,000 young ducks were accommodated. Samples from verendeten animals were sent to Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the island Riems. A test result is to be present at the beginning of coming week.
The above translation describes suspected H5N1 in domestic ducks in Wachenroth in Bavaria. The location is northwest of Nuremberg, where over a dozen swans were H5N1 confirmed in the past two months. This summer over 350 wild birds were H5N1 confirmed, eclipsing the record number confirmed in Germany in 2006.
These infections, when long range migration in Germany is minimal, provide additional evidence for endemic H5N1 in Germany. The recent detections in France and the Czech Republic supports endemic H5N1 throughout Europe.
These repeated conformations raise serious questions about the surveillance programs in neighboring countries which have not detected H5N1 since the spring of 2006.
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