Azerbaijan:avian flu outbreak reported
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 11, 2006 15:55 PM from Reuters
Azerbaijan became the latest country to report an outbreak of avian flu, with officials saying yesterday that the lethal H5N1 strain had been confirmed in wild birds floating dead on the Caspian Sea.
The birds were found in the Caspian Sea near the Absheron peninsula, and off the southern Massaly region, near the border with Iran, Emin Shakhbazov, deputy head of the country´s veterinary service, told reporters.
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- Primers and probes for H5 and N1 qRT-PCR detection [CNIC] 3 days ago
- USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 4 days ago
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