Avian Influenza H5N8 — Saudi Arabia
Information received on [and dated] 4 Feb 2020 from Dr Sanad Alharbi, director, Livestock Risk Assessment Department, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 30 Jan 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 31 Jan 2020
Reason for notification: recurrence a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 22 Jul 2018
Causal agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N8
Nature
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