PRO/AH> Avian influenza (16): United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) poultry, NOT

Avian Influenza — United Kingdom
Investigations of the suspicious case in poultry in Northern Ireland excluded involvement with notifiable avian influenza (H5 and H7 subtypes) plus Newcastle disease.

Professor Ian H. Brown, MIBiol PhD
Head of Virology Department
Director of OIE/FAO International Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease
OIE Reference Laboratory for Swine Influenza
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
Weybridge, UK

[We are grateful to Professor Brown for the above response,