Wednesday, 11 January 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (11): Ireland (WX) wild bird, HPAI H5N8, new strain, OIE

Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Ireland
Information received on [and dated] 10 Jan 2017 from Dr Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin, Ireland
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 28 Dec 2016
Date of confirmation of the event: 6 Jan 2017
Reason for notification: new strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent: highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype: H5N8
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory

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