Norway: 2022 H5N1 in wild birds and mammals

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Source: https://www.vetinst.no/nyheter/nye-pavisninger-av-fugleinfluensa-hos-villfugl-i-norge

New detections of bird flu in wild birds in Norway
Published 17.02.2022

During January and February, three cases of highly pathogenic bird flu were detected in wild birds in Norway. The samples were taken from a pigeon in Arendal municipality in Agder county (04.01.2022), a sea eagle in Austrheim municipality in Vestland county (10.01.2022) and a goose in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland (07.02.2022). All detections were of the H5N1 subtype. In addition, there is a suspicion of HPAI H5N1 in a sea eagle found in Karlsøy municipality in Troms and Finnmark county (09.02.2022).

In the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in Europe, there has been an increasing number of detections from wild birds after the New Year, especially from the North Sea coast of Germany and the Netherlands. A new introduction of HPAI infection to Norway from birds migrating north from continental Europe and the British Isles during the spring is likely.

Poultry

So far this year, there have been no detections of HPAI in commercial poultry farms in Norway and Sweden, while detections have been reported from Denmark in four commercial poultry farms and one flock of domestic birds. France and Italy are the EU countries that have been hardest hit by HPAI outbreaks in commercial poultry herds so far in the 2021/2022 outbreak.
Occurrence in Norway

So far in 2022, the Veterinary Institute has received and analyzed 21 samples from wild birds for highly pathogenic bird flu. HPAI has been detected in three of the samples. The number of samples examined for bird flu this year is too small to say anything about the distribution in the wild bird population in Norway. In order to get a better overview of this, it is important that the public notifies the Norwegian Food Safety Authority of the discovery of sick and dead wild birds, so that these individuals can be sampled...

 

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Source: https://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/eEQ9pM/fugleinfluensa-funnet-ogsaa-i-oeygarden


Bird flu also found in Øygarden
There have been reports of dead or sick birds in several places along the Norwegian coast in recent days. Now researchers have also found dead sea urchins outside Bergen.
NTB
Published: June 16, 2022 at 21:09 Last updated: June 16, 2022 at 21:09

Two dead and one sick sea otter have been found in Nautnesvågen in Øygarden municipality, Bergensavisen writes .

Two of the birds have tested positive for bird flu, but it is not yet clear whether it is so-called highly pathogenic bird flu, type H5N1.

- Several sea eagles have been found along the entire coast that have been confirmed infected. It's an outbreak, it's very clear. We reckon that sea otters that have been found dead now are infected with the flu, says research director Svein Håkon Lorentzen at the Norwegian Institute for Natural Research (Nina).

Bird flu has been found in seabirds in several places along the Norwegian coast in recent weeks, including in Rogaland and Finnmark. The reason is, among other things, a lot of bird flu infection in the UK, especially in Scotland where many birds spend part of the winter.

If a dead bird is found along the coast, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority recommends that people report it, but refrain from handling them without protective equipment.

 

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Source: https://www.barrons.com/news/first-case-of-bird-flu-detected-in-the-arctic-01656074707?tesla=y


First Case Of Bird Flu Detected In The Arctic
By AFP - Agence France Presse
June 24, 2022

Norwegian authorities have discovered the first case of bird flu in Svalbard, about 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, sparking concern the virus could spread to other avian populations in the remote region.

The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was detected this month in a polar seagull found dead in the archipelago's capital Longyearbyen, the governor's office said in a statement Thursday.

"The detection of the HPAI is worrying because a range of the vulnerable wild bird populations lay eggs and brood in the archipelago in the summer", an official at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Knut Madslien, said in the statement.

"The species that gather on cliffs will be particularly exposed if bird flu is introduced into the bird colonies", he added...