PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (91): Europe (Finland) Africa (Niger) H5N8, wild, poultry, OIE

Avian Influenza H5N8 — Finland
Information received on [and dated] 13 Apr 2017 from Dr Taina Aaltonen, chief veterinary officer and deputy director general, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki, Finland
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 8 Apr 2017
Date of confirmation of the event: 13 Apr 2017
Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease
Causal agent: highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype: H5N8
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory (advanced)
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