Taiwan battles more H5N2, H5N8 outbreaks…”the H5N2 virus that cropped up on turkey farms in Missouri and Arkansas”
Robert Roos
CIDRAP News
Mar 13, 2015
Taiwan yesterday reported another nine outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 and H5N2 avian influenza, forcing the destruction of more than 80,000 poultry.
In addition, US authorities said the H5N2 virus that cropped up on turkey farms in Missouri and Arkansas this week is a close match for the virus that struck in Minnesota last week and was found in a wild bird in Washington state in December.
Also, in a stroke of apparent catch-up reporting, South Korea today described 47 H5N8 outbreaks that all occurred last year, forcing the destruction of more than half a million poultry. Earlier this month South Korean authorities reported 65 H5N8 outbreaks that dated from September 2014 to January of this year.
Taiwan events
Taiwan, which has battled numerous H5N8 and H5N2 outbreaks this year, was hit by three H5N8 outbreaks in Yunlin and Pingtung counties, in the southern and southwestern parts of the island, according to a report authorities filed with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
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