First Russian Bird Flu Outbreak 2007

Russia has reported its first H5N1 avian influenza outbreak of the season.

Rosselkhoznadzor, the Russian government’s agricultural watchdog, announced today that poultry deaths were reported at three farmsteads in Krasnodar. A Spokesman said that samples from the birds tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu).
Krasnodar is in southwest Russia near the Black Sea. The outbreaks occurred at three different settlements. Further tests on the samples will be conducted in Moscow.
Russia’s last confirmed outbreak was in July 2006, . The country had its first major poultry outbreak in 2005 but no human cases have been reported .

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