Bangladesh Reports 14 HPAI Outbreaks
BANGLADESH - Fourteen new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks have been reported.The veterinary authority in Bangladesh sent Follow Up Report No. 23 dated 2 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report covers 14 outbreaks of HPAI in Chittagong, Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions. Starting between 1 and 20 February, almost 40,000 birds in total were involved in the outbreaks, 5,467 of which died and 33,982 were destroyed.
The presence of the H5N1 sub-type of the virus has been confirmed.
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