HPAI in Europe 2007: Concurrent Outbreaks in Poultry and Wild Birds

Newman, S. ;Pinto, J. ;DeSimone, L.  ;VonDobschuetz, S. ;Lubroth, J. ;Domenech, J. ;Bridges, V. ;Delany, S. ;Animal Production and Health Division

HPAI in Europe 2007: Concurrent Outbreaks in Poultry and Wild Birds

Autores

Newman, S. ;Pinto, J. ;DeSimone, L. ;VonDobschuetz, S. ;Lubroth, J. ;Domenech, J. ;Bridges, V. ;Delany, S. ;Animal Production and Health Division

Descripción

With the renewed emergence of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causing mortality in poultry and wild birds in Europe, questions continue to arise from both the poultry production sector and wildlife sectors about the mode of introduction of this disease into Europe, and the role that wild birds play in the maintenance and spread of HPAI.