Avian Influenza -- Germany
H5N5, a new, highly pathogenic sub-type of bird flu, has been found on several turkey farms in northern Germany, adding to concerns of the spreading of new strains of avian influenza.
The Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany's national institute for animal health, discovered H5N5 on 21 Jan 2017 at 4 different locations, all owned by the same company, in Steinburg, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. 1st, a farmer found a number of dead turkeys at a site housing 3400 birds. The virus then
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