The 2005/2006 Avian Influenza Monitoring of Wild Birds and Commercial Poultry in Switzerland

Silvia Dalessi; Richard Hoop; Monika Engels

doi:10.1637/7580-040106R.1

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Silvia Dalessi,¹ Richard Hoop,¹ Monika Engels²

¹Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, National Reference Center for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 270, Zurich 8057, Switzerland
²Institute of Virology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, Zurich 8057, Switzerland

Abstract

In October 2005, the second Swiss national avian influenza monitoring in wild waterfowl and commercial poultry with free range management started. Cloacal swabs were examined by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for both M gene of influenza A virus and H5 subtype. The monitoring (more than 2000 samples tested) documented the introduction of H5N1 in Swiss wild waterfowl in mid-February 2006. Until the end of March, 29 water bird carcasses were found H5 positive. In the same period, domestic poultry flocks with a permit of free-range management were kept under surveillance, with negative results.

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Silvia Dalessi, Richard Hoop, and Monika Engels "The 2005/2006 Avian Influenza Monitoring of Wild Birds and Commercial Poultry in Switzerland," Avian Diseases 51(s1), 355-358, (1 March 2007). https://doi.org/10.1637/7580-040106R.1

Received: 1 April 2006; Accepted: 1 July 2006; Published: 1 March 2007

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