21.07.2017

On 20 July, the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease confirmed H5N8 in two farms located in Lombardy region: a rural holding and a fattening turkey industrial farm in Mantua province. An increase in mortality was reported in the previous days in one of the sheds of the industrial farm where about 18.900 fattening female turkeys (106 day-old) were present. Further information on virus characterization and on the cases will be provided as soon as available.
In the same date, Regional Authority of Lombardy notified a suspect of avian influenza in a laying hens farm (500.000 heads) in Mantua province. The NRL characterised both the viruses as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.