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HPAI H5N1 in Europe 2007: Poultry and Wild Birds

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Sigfrido Burgos
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AGAL-PPLPI, Rome, Italy
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Sergio A. Burgos
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
DOI 10.3923/ijps.2008.97.100
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Abstract

There were 308 HPAI cases in wild birds, most of them in Germany and 13 HPAI outbreaks in poultry, with clear spatial and temporal infectious patterns. Grebes, swans, ducks, chickens and turkeys got most frequently infected. The United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Germany hosted many viral incursions.

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Avian influenza, bird flu, Europe, HPAI H5N1, poultry, wild birds

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Burgos, S., & Burgos, S. A. (2007). HPAI H5N1 in Europe 2007: Poultry and Wild Birds. International Journal of Poultry Science, 7(1), 97–100. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijps.2008.97.100

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