Treyfish
Moderator
NEWCASTLE DISEASE, PIGEONS - RUSSIA (ARKHANGELSK)
Date: Thu 15 Nov 2007
Source: Xinhua [trans. by Rapp.DS, edited]
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-11/16/content_7086493.htm>
Newcastle Disease Virus Found in Domestic Pigeons in Russia
Officials in Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia's north announced on 15 Nov
2007 that a local veterinary lab found Newcastle Disease virus (NCD)
in 2 dead domestic pigeons sent in by residents. [See map at
<http://www.npolar.no/ansipra/download/Position%20maps/ArkhangelskO.jpg>]
[Byline: Jingli Lu]
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Dan Silver
[Two pigeons with NCD are not alarming news; the main reason for
posting this information is its encouraging demonstration of the
prevailing local alertness for avian diseases, particularly avian
influenza.
For information on earlier NCD outbreaks in Russia this year and for
background, see ProMED-Mail post 20070502.1425. - Mod.AS]
:tiphat:
http://tinyurl.com/343eqj
Date: Thu 15 Nov 2007
Source: Xinhua [trans. by Rapp.DS, edited]
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-11/16/content_7086493.htm>
Newcastle Disease Virus Found in Domestic Pigeons in Russia
Officials in Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia's north announced on 15 Nov
2007 that a local veterinary lab found Newcastle Disease virus (NCD)
in 2 dead domestic pigeons sent in by residents. [See map at
<http://www.npolar.no/ansipra/download/Position%20maps/ArkhangelskO.jpg>]
[Byline: Jingli Lu]
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Dan Silver
[Two pigeons with NCD are not alarming news; the main reason for
posting this information is its encouraging demonstration of the
prevailing local alertness for avian diseases, particularly avian
influenza.
For information on earlier NCD outbreaks in Russia this year and for
background, see ProMED-Mail post 20070502.1425. - Mod.AS]
:tiphat:
http://tinyurl.com/343eqj