H5N1 News: Russia Officially Confirms Bird Flu in Dagestan
The H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed in the Russian region of Dagestan, where hundreds of thousands of birds were found dead at poultry farms, a spokeswoman for Russia’s chief epidemiologist said Thursday, the Associated Press reports.
The two incidents of mass deaths in Dagestan occurred about two weeks ago and involved some 345,000 birds. Dagestan authorities initially blamed Newcastle disease, but tests were conducted to determine the cause of death.
Authorities confirmed H5N1 among the birds, said Lyubov Voropayeva, spokeswoman for the office of chief epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko.
posted by Fergie @ 2/16/2006 07:20:00 AM
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