Wild bird cases in Switzerland, Czech Republic

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Switzerland Finds 4th Wild Bird Case Of H5N1 Flu Strain

BERN (AP)--A fourth case of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu in a wild bird has been confirmed in Switzerland, authorities said Friday.

Switzerland's Federal Veterinary Office said a European Union laboratory in Weybridge, England had confirmed the H5N1 subtype in a dead duck found on the Swiss side of Lake Constance, which also borders Germany and Austria.

Fifth case of bird flu registered in Czech Republic

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Prague- The bird flu virus has been confirmed in a fifth dead swan that was found in Bavorovice near Ceske Budejovice, south Bohemia, Josef Duben, spokesman for the State Veterinary Administration, said.

 

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Fifth case of bird flu registered in Czech Republic

Prague- The bird flu virus has been confirmed in a fifth dead swan that was found in Bavorovice near Ceske Budejovice, south Bohemia, Josef Duben, spokesman for the State Veterinary Administration, said.
A sample will be sent for further examination to the EU Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, Britain, just as in the previous cases.
The tests of the first dead swan, found in Hluboka nad Vltavou, south Bohemia, confirmed the pathogenic virus H5N1 that is also dangerous to man.
In the second case, that occurred about four kilometres away form the first, the Czech National Reference Laboratory proved the presence of the most infectious H5 virus.
It was also confirmed in the third swan that was again found in Hluboka.
The results of the Weybridge tests for the H5N1 stem have not yet been available.
The virus type in the fourth swan is not yet known either.

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Sixth case of bird flu found in Czech Republic

Sixth case of bird flu found in Czech Republic

Sixth case of bird flu found in Czech Republic

Sunday April 2, 04:36 PM

PRAGUE (AFP) - A sixth case of H5 bird flu was detected in a dead swan in the Czech Republic, officials said, but did not confirm whether the case was the strain potentially deadly to humans.The infected swan was found near Ceske Budejovice, around 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Prague, veterinary service spokesman Josef Duben told AFP.
"The swan was found near the same location as previous cases, so protection measures will be almost unchanged," Duben said Sunday.
A sample has been sent to the European Union Laboratory at Weybridge, Britain, for further tests with results expected in the next days, he added.
The swan was found in the same region where the first five cases of bird flu were discovered in dead swans over the last week. Only one of those cases has been clearly identified as the H5N1 strain, which can be fatal to humans.
Another was identified as the "highly pathogenic H5" strain of the virus.
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