PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (29): Ireland (TY) HPAI H5N6, new strain, OIE

Avian Influenza H5N6 -- Ireland
Information received on [and dated] 9 Feb 2018 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: 31 Jan 2018
Date of confirmation of the event: 8 Feb 2018
Reason for notification: new strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza [AI] virus
Serotype: H5N6
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory

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