Disease watch: Avian influenza – HPAI H5N6, OIE – Denmark

DATE: March 3, 2018

LOCATION: Slagelse, Zealand, Denmark

DETAILS:
The [Danish] national veterinary institute, DTU Vet, has revealed it has discovered bird flu in a dead white-tailed eagle found near Slagelse in Zealand. According to the Food and Environment Ministry, the bird flu type is most likely H5H6, which is highly deadly to birds. There’s no need for the public to be overly alarmed, said the ministry.

For now, the discovery won’t lead to more stringent protocol for fowl farmers, but that could change should more contaminated birds be found, such as in late 2016. According to Larsen, it’s the 1st instance of bird flu discovered in a wild bird in Denmark since April 2017. And there hasn’t been a bird flu case among kept Danish birds since February 2017.

SOURCE:
http://www.promedmail.org/post/5662330
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