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It took a team comprising an ornithologist, veterinarians and lab technicians two hours to collect and study two wild bird species fecal to confirm they were H5N1 negative.
An ornithologist from the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Forest and Environment, veterinarians from the livestock department and lab technicians from the satellite veterinary laboratory in Phuentsholing yesterday collected fecal samples of House Crow and White Wagtail along the banks of Amochhu river.
Veterinary Dr Chendu Dorji said the results will be further sent to the National Centre for Animal Health in Serbithang, Thimphu for further confirmation.
The investigation was conducted following the death of crows in Phuentsholing on January 19 after the report showed, it contained H5 influenza ?A? but proved negative of N1 influenza.
The team also tried to look for any sick or dead wild birds but to no avail.
The members of the team bent for a closer look at every fecal they came across while walking along the bank of Amochhu.
?The big sized fecal is that of the house crow?s and the small-sized ones of the white wagtail bird?s,? the ornithologist said.
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http://www.kuenselonline.com/2011/?p=25804
An ornithologist from the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Forest and Environment, veterinarians from the livestock department and lab technicians from the satellite veterinary laboratory in Phuentsholing yesterday collected fecal samples of House Crow and White Wagtail along the banks of Amochhu river.
Veterinary Dr Chendu Dorji said the results will be further sent to the National Centre for Animal Health in Serbithang, Thimphu for further confirmation.
The investigation was conducted following the death of crows in Phuentsholing on January 19 after the report showed, it contained H5 influenza ?A? but proved negative of N1 influenza.
The team also tried to look for any sick or dead wild birds but to no avail.
The members of the team bent for a closer look at every fecal they came across while walking along the bank of Amochhu.
?The big sized fecal is that of the house crow?s and the small-sized ones of the white wagtail bird?s,? the ornithologist said.
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http://www.kuenselonline.com/2011/?p=25804