China reports H5N6 avian flu in wild birds in Liaoning

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Source: https://whbl.com/2021/04/12/china-reports-h5n6-avian-flu-in-wild-birds-in-liaoning/

China reports H5N6 avian flu in wild birds in Liaoning
By Syndicated Content
Apr 12, 2021 9:19 AM

(Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry said on Monday that the highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu had been found in wild birds in the northeastern province of Liaoning, marking the first confirmed cases of the strain in the country this year.

There were 291 wild birds at the site of the outbreak - a forest park in the provincial capital Shenyang - and 11 were killed by the disease, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement...

 

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Immediate notification
Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (Inf. with)(non-poultry including wild birds)(2017-), China (People's Rep. of)
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DISEASE
Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (Inf. with)(non-poultry including wild birds)(2017-)

STARTED ON
07-04-2021

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
H5N6

CONFIRMED ON
11-04-2021

REASON
New strain in a zone or a compartment

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
14-04-2021

LAST OCCURENCE
-
...
OUTBREAK REFERENCE
HPAI 20210412 4

STARTED ON
08-04-2021

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Natural park

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
-

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Changbaidao Forest Park, Heping District

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Liaoning

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Shenyang

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Shenyang Sh?

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 41.756677

Long : 123.391308
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SPECIES
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus):Anatidae-Anseriformes
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SUSCEPTIBLE
291
CASES
11
DEATHS
11
KILLED AND DISPOSED OF
280
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https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=31992