09.11.2016

Germany and Austria reported outbreaks involving the H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Germany's outbreak involves dead wild birds collected around Great Plon Lake in Schleswig-Holstein state, located in the northern part of the country. More than 100 dead waterfowl had been found and that tests at the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute confirmed the H5N8 findings. 
Austria also reports the H5N8 virus in five wild birds, mainly tufted ducks, found dead near Lake Constance. 

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See also: H5N8 in Italy (2014)
H5N8 in Germany (2014)