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Bird flu cases found on Swiss border
Bird flu cases found on Swiss border
Swiss authorities inspecting dead corpses in an outbreak of bird flu in 2006 (KEYSTONE/EDDY RISCH)A strain of bird flu has been detected in the corpses of five wild ducks found in Lake Constance.The Swiss Federal Office of Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs said it was taking steps to prevent the further spread of the virus.Final test results on the tufted ducks are still pending, but the federal office said studies carried out pointed to a H5N8 subtype of the virus.
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Five birds found dead with bird flu in western Austria
Five birds found dead with bird flu in western Austria
Lake Constance, or Bodensee, is a paradise for wild birds.Photo: Ulrich Prokop/WikimediaThe Local · 9 Nov 2016, 11:26Published: 09 Nov 2016 11:26 GMT+01:00Bird flu has been found in the corpses of herons and a wild duck in western Austria, near the border with Germany and Switzerland, Austrian authorities said on Tuesday.They added that there was no evidence the virus could be transmitted to humans.
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Cull ordered after bird flu virus found on Austrian poultry farm
Cull ordered after bird flu virus found on Austrian poultry farm
A turkey on an Austrian poultry farm in the western province of Vorarlberg has tested positive for the H5N8 bird flu virus and all birds on the farm will be culled, the health ministry said on Friday.Austria and Switzerland on Thursday took precautionary steps to prevent the spread of bird flu to domestic poultry after discovering cases of the disease in wild ducks around Lake Constance in the latest in a series of cases across Europe.
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