Hi Pyro,
Saw your notice about the Canadian migratory ducks.
I believe that they have only been confirmed for H5 and are
awaiting further confirmatory testing for the second N1 assay
(See below).
AVIAN INFLUENZA - WORLDWIDE (03): FAO UPDATE
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Other strains/strain not yet confirmed:
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Germany (as of 25 Oct 2005)
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On 24 Oct 2005, a total of 25 geese and ducks were found dead at a
lake popular for migratory birds in Rhineland-Palatinate State. The
preliminary test on a wild goose was positive for influenza A.
Canada (as of 31 Oct 2005)
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A survey of 4800 wild migratory ducks conducted during last summer
[2004] found evidence of H5 in 28 migratory ducks in Quebec Province
and 5 in Manitoba Province.
Japan as of (2 Nov 2005)
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On 31 Oct 2005, antibodies to AI virus were detected in chickens by
AGID and HI tests at an open-type farm with 82 046 chickens in
Ibaraki prefecture, within the quarantined area of a previous
outbreak in August 2005. No virus was isolated. All the birds at the
farm have been culled. AI infection was also reported on the same day
in a duck farm in Osaka Prefecture. AI H4 strain was diagnosed.
Other AI viruses (non-HPAI-H5N1) were reported in Sweden (LPAI H5),
Columbia (LPAI H9) and Iraq (in Erbil, H9).