# 4682
Eleven days ago I wrote about the discovery of wild bird deaths from an unspecified (but likely H5N1) avian flu, along the Russian-Mongolian border at Uvs Nuur lake.
Over the past couple of days Russian authorities have submitted two reports to the OIE’s WAHID (World Animal Health Information Database) Interface.
As expected, the laboratory testing has come back positive for highly pathogenic H5N1 and the total number of dead birds recovered is now 367.
Species affected included Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Goosander (Mergus merganser), Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia).
This is the third die off of birds due to H5N1 in this region since 2006.
A reminder that, while we don’t often read about it, avian flu continues to circulate in the wild.
