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From Kyodo news this morning, we get a brief story regarding the discovery of a sick and dying swan, infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus.
The swan was found on December 4th, within 10 kilometers of a poultry farm where 20,000 chickens were recently culled, after the detection of the virus (see Japan: Gearing Up To Tackle Bird Flu).
H5N1 bird flu strain detected from swan in Tottori Pref.
TOTTORI/TOYAMA, Japan, Dec. 18, Kyodo
The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in what appeared to be a wild swan that died earlier this month in the western Japan city of Yonago, local officials said Saturday.
According to other reports, two dead swans and one other observed to be swimming feebly in the area in the past week are being investigated for possible H5N1 infection as well.
