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July '07 - France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans
Has anyone seen a report that tells us the species of the swans? The OIE report just says 3 swans found dead...I may have missed it in all of the machine-translated pieces above--sorry if that's the case.
Has anyone seen a report that tells us the species of the swans? The OIE report just says 3 swans found dead...I may have missed it in all of the machine-translated pieces above--sorry if that's the case.
I am virtually certain they are mute swans (should be in the FLI report).
no link , while the forum influenza have troubles ...So, I can not acces to article, in which it s related that it was mute cygne.
It was a french article.
no link , while the forum influenza have troubles ...So, I can not acces to the article, in which it s related that it was mute cygne.
It was a french article.
but I have made research to translate " cygne tubercul?"
Any chance you have a link for the Mute Swan confirmation?
Mute swans ahve been mentioned for Germany and the Czech republic (and historically, mute swans represent the most H5N1 sequences from Europe, but a quick check did not have a confirmation - not even in OIE or FLI).
Below is today's Promed report on last summer's outbreak (with incorrect dates added by promed commentators who are calendar challenged).
AVIAN INFLUENZA (57): FRANCE, SWAN
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A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>
Three swans found dead in eastern France were victims of the H5N1 bird flu
virus that can be fatal to humans, tests have confirmed.
French officials raised the bird flu threat to high from moderate after the
tests near the German border. This is only the 2nd outbreak of H5N1 in
France; early last year [2007], 62 wild birds died of the virus in the
centre of the country [Sic: an HPAI H5N1 outbreak in a turkey farm in
southeastern France was officially reported in February 2006; see posting 20060227.0640. - Mod.AS].
Authorities in France had been carrying out tests on wild birds over the
past week in several locations in the east. The 3 swans that tested
positive for H5N1 were found dead in a pond near the town of Assenoncourt
[see map at the above BBC URL].
With the elevation of the bird flu threat, domestic birds nationwide will
be protected from contact with wild birds.
Last month [March 2008], the virus was found on 2 poultry farms in the
Czech Republic. Outbreaks were reported last year [2007] in 13 European
Union countries, although none has yet resulted in human deaths [nor in
recorded human infections - Mod.AS]. The virus is highly contagious to birds.
--
communicated by:
Susan Baekeland
La Meute du Ruisseau
Le Ruisseau
50240 CARNET
Lower Normandy
France
<Grolleyog@tele2.fr>
[Swans have been found H5N1-infected in many European countries during the
ongoing epizootic, among them Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Ukraine
(Crimean), Russia, Hungary, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, and others.
It has been asked whether swans are indeed specifically vulnerable to the
virus and/or play a significant role in its spread or are rather readily
detected by the existing surveillance systems due to their size and colour.
No birds of the other 4 surveyed groups (grebes, ducks, geese, others) have
so far been reportedly found infected in 2008.
H5N1 infection in EU wild birds was the highest in 2006, involving 14
member states led by Germany, Austria, France, Poland, and Denmark. The
infection faded out towards the end of May 2006. Out of the total of 748
wild birds found infected, 469 (63 per cent) were swans; the others were
121 ducks (16 per cent), 33 geese (4 per cent), 29 birds of prey (4 per
cent) and 96 others (13 per cent). For the complete list of the affected
countries, the numbers for each week, and other details, refer to
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/adns_wildbirds2006.pdf>. -
Mod.AS]
[see also:
Avian influenza (26): Pakistan (Sindh), UK (England), swan 20080202.0420
Avian influenza (16): Ukraine (Crimea), UK (England), swan 20080118.0230
Avian influenza (13): UK (England), swan, Bangladesh (Barisal) 20080116.0204
Avian influenza (12): UK (England), swan, OIE 20080116.0196
Avian influenza (10): UK (England), swan, Iran, susp., Viet Nam 20080113.0160
Avian influenza (09): UK (England), swan 20080110.0137
2007
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Avian influenza (187): Europe, Middle East, Asia 20071213.4010
Avian influenza (141): France, wild birds, Viet Nam 20070815.2673
Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (29): France, swans 20070731.2469
Avian influenza (123): Review, Germany, France, wild birds 20070706.2155
Avian influenza (122): Germany (Thuringia), France, Austria, wild birds 20070705.2135
Avian influenza (120): France, wild birds, Viet Nam 20070704.2119
Avian influenza (119): Germany, France, wild birds, susp. 20070703.2116
Avian influenza (153): Russia (Krasnodar), swan 20070911.3009
2006
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Avian influenza - worldwide (41): Africa, Europe 20060304.0696
Avian influenza - worldwide (17): Hungary 20060215.0495
Avian influenza - worldwide (36): France, OIE 20060227.0640
Avian influenza - worldwide (14): Europe, Africa 20060213.0478
2005
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Avian influenza - Eurasia (47): swan, Croatia, susp 20051102.3196
Avian influenza - Eurasia (23): Croatia, H5N1, swan 20051021.3076
Avian influenza - Eurasia (12): Romania, H5N1 20051016.3016]
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