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Infectious version of bird flu in Finland
During the summer, laughing gulls, terns and eiders have been found dead - they have died of the contagious bird flu variant.
Gulls at Töölöviken. Genre picture. Antti Hämäläinen/Lehtikuva
Dan Pettersson
07.07.2023 09:42 UPDATED 07.07.2023 10:14
Earlier this week, the Åland regional government issued a warning to the islands' residents: Do not touch dead birds. The reason was that bird flu was found in dead eiders.
In June, for the first time, mass death among birds was confirmed in Finland. That after a shock of dead seagulls was found in Salo. Down on the continent, similar cases of mass death have been confirmed in the spring.
Another 100 or so laughing gulls and terns were found dead near Tavastehus on 25 June. The bird carcasses, both young and adult individuals, have been collected, tested and destroyed.
According to the Swedish Food Agency, the cause of death is highly pathogenic, i.e. very disease-causing, bird flu of the H5N1 type. At the same time, the authority reminds of the importance of infection protection. The disease spreads easily between birds and caution must be observed, reads the order...
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Finland - Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) - Immediate notification
GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE
ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL
DISEASE CATEGORY
Listed disease
EVENT ID
5090
DISEASE
Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-)
CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
H5N1
START DATE
2023/06/13
REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated strain
DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2022/08/16
CONFIRMATION DATE
2023/06/19
EVENT STATUS
On-going
END DATE
-
SELF-DECLARATION
NO
REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification
REPORT ID
IN_161411
REPORT REFERENCE
-
REPORT DATE
2023/06/19
REPORT STATUS
Validated
NO EVOLUTION REPORT
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
No epidemiological comment
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NEW OUTBREAKS
OB_120537 - SALO
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
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START DATE
2023/06/13
END DATE
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DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
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FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Lounais-Suomen aluehallintovirasto
SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Varsinais-Suomi
THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Salo
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Not applicable
LOCATION
Salo
Latitude, Longitude
60.3737 , 23.0853
OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
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MEASURING UNIT
Animal
AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
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SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Black-headed Gull (WILD)
Wild
NEW - 10 10 - - -
TOTAL - 10 10 - - -
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Bird flu caused a mass death of laughing gulls in Salo
Food Agency
In Salo, the highly pathogenic bird flu of the H5N1 type has been confirmed as the cause of death of 20 laughing gulls. Laughing gulls were found on the same beach in Haliko on June 13, and the local surveillance veterinarian submitted the carcasses to the Food Agency for examination as suspected bird flu.
One of the logs had neurological symptoms and was euthanized on the spot. In the Food Agency's investigations, avian influenza was found in bird tissue samples.
This is the first mass death of wild seagulls caused by bird flu in Finland, which has occurred this spring in various parts of Europe. At the end of May, a sparrow hawk found in Hollola, which died in the Heinola bird sanctuary, was also found to have highly pathogenic avian influenza.
more....https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/m...n-salossa.html
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Finland - Avian flu in wild birds 2023 - 2024
Finland - Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) - Immediate notification
GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE
ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL
DISEASE CATEGORY
Listed disease
EVENT ID
5084
DISEASE
Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-)
CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
H5 (N untyped)
START DATE
2023/05/22
REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease
DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2022/08/16
CONFIRMATION DATE
2023/06/07
EVENT STATUS
On-going
END DATE
-
SELF-DECLARATION
NO
REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Immediate notification
REPORT ID
IN_161293
REPORT REFERENCE
-
REPORT DATE
2023/06/08
REPORT STATUS
Validated
NO EVOLUTION REPORT
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
No epidemiological comment
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NEW OUTBREAKS
OB_119930 - HOLLOLA
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
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START DATE
2023/05/22
END DATE
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DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
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FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Etelä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto
SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Päijät-Häme
THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Hollola
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Not applicable
LOCATION
Hollola
Latitude, Longitude
61.1295 , 25.557
OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER
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MEASURING UNIT
Animal
AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
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SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (WILD)
Wild, Non-poultry birds
NEW - 1 1 - - -
TOTAL - 1 1 - - -
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