Iran: confirms dead swans had H5N1 bird flu
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 19, 2006 12:9 PM from AFP
The cases are the first time the virus has been detected in the Islamic republic.
"Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in 135 wild swans in two places in the Anzali wetlands in northern Iran," Iranian veterinary chief Hossein Hassani told AFP.
"There are no cases in any other parts of the country. Nothing has been detected in the free-range or factory-bred birds. There is no concern about human contraction," he asserted.
Iran′s veterinary service had on Tuesday said that pending further tests, the wild swans had only been confirmed as having the broad H5 virus category which only kills birds.
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