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A hat tip to Treyfish posting on FluTrackers for this article on the discovery of highly pathogenic H5N1 at a poultry farm in Romania. This report published in the eGov Monitor.
Avian Influenza: Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Virus Confirmed In Romania
Source: europa
Published Tuesday, 16 March, 2010 - 12:16
The European Commission will adopt today a decision confirming the risk areas set up by the Romanian authorities in relation to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry farm located in the commune of Letea, in Tulcea county, at the Danube's delta close to the Ukrainian border.
Romania's national laboratory confirmed yesterday that the outbreak concerns the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza. In order to limit the spread of the virus the Romanian authorities applied immediately the necessary control measures laid down in EU legislation.
This is the first detection of H5N1 within the EU since March of 2009, when a wild duck in Germany was found with the virus.
