- An outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza, type H5N2,
has been diagnosed on a poultry farm in Lugo, Italy. This has been notified
by the Ministry of Agriculture.
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- Lugo is 25 km west of Ravenna, in Emilia Romano.
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- The farm included 7000 adult ducks, 3000 geese and 150
chickens. The infection was detected within the framework of the annual,
routine sero-surveillance activities. No clinical symptoms were seen.
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- The holding was confined, and the animals will be culled.
A restriction zone of one-km radius has been imposed around the site.
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- http://www.agd.nl/Algemeen/Artikel/Uitbraak-vogelpest-H5N2-op-bedrijf-in-Itali.htm
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- From ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
- Also my new website:
- http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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