- "Maliuc authorites reported on Oct. 5 three dead
swans, on October 7 32 more, and yesterday (Sunday) another 15."
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- The above comments suggest the number of whooper swans
dead in Romania was high. Other reports indicate two dozen whooper swans
were also found several weeks ago in Maliuc. These multiple reports ofdead
whooper swans is of interest, because most of the H5N1 positive dead birds
at Erhel Lake in Mongolia were also whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus).
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- As the number of dead birds accumulate in Europe, it
is being increasingly obvious that the H5N1 wild bird flu infections and
deaths extends well beyond Romania and Turkey.
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- If whooper swans were dying in Romania several weeks
ago, then they were probably dying in other European countries.
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- Although these countries had indicated surveillance was
being increased, the lack of reporting suggests such surveillance is far
from ideal, or deaths are not being reported.
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- It seems likely that H5N1 wild bird flu is killing whooper
swans in Romania, just as it did in Mongolia.
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- More surveillance and transparency in Europe would be
useful
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