Monday, 30 November 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (99): UK, wild bird, HPAI H5N8

Avian Influenza H5N8 -- United Kingdom
An outbreak of bird flu at a Blackpool park has resulted in the deaths of 9 swans. Last week [16-22 Nov 2020], officials from the RSPCA and the Department for Environmental and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) were called to Stanley Park lake in Blackpool.
They were responding to reports from residents at the seaside resort who spotted the bodies of several swans. Concerned park goers theorised that the animals, whose bodies were also spotted on the lake bank and the island, could have been subject to

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7982468&promed&0

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