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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (92): Germany (SH) wild birds, H5N8, 1st cases

Avian Influenza H5N8 -- GermanyThe Friedrich Loeffler Institute ( FLI ) confirmed the infection of wild birds with highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N8 in Plön, Schleswig-Holstein.Further suspected cases from Schleswig-Holstein and Baden-Wuerttemberg (Bodensee) are currently under investigation. In recent days these viruses have already been confirmed in domestic poultry (turkeys) in Hungary and wild waterfowl in Hungary (mute swan), Croatia, and in Poland (gull, duck) close to the Read more [...]