Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Russia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO] is advising countries to be on high alert for possible spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 virus subtype detected recently in wild birds at Lake Ubsu-Nur in the Tuva Republic of the Russian Federation.
In late May and early June 2016, surveillance activities conducted in wild migratory bird populations at Lake Ubsu-Nur detected a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of the H5N8 subtype. The virus was confirmed in samples
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