H5N2 LPAI in a duck farm in Taiwan

12 April 2012

The notifiable avian influenza (NAI) viral infection was detected on a duck farm in Yuan-Shan Township, in the process of active surveillance and identified as LPAI H5N2 strain by virus isolation. Movement restriction was implemented on the infected farm. The ducks did not manifest clinical signs. The positive results of virological tests and pathogenicity test confirmed the case as LPAI H5N2 outbreak.