Avian Influenza — China
The Council of Agriculture (COA) confirmed [Tue 12 Jan 2016] that a pigeon was found to be infected with the new H5 subtype of the avian influenza virus, the 1st time that the highly pathogenic subtype had been detected in [this] bird species in Taiwan.
A pigeon found dead on the roof of the home of a resident in Taipei’s Wenshan district tested positive for the H5 subtype according to the COA’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine.
The case followed another one in
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