High pathogenicity avian influenza: targeted active surveillance of wild birds to enable early detection of emerging disease threats.

ABSTRACT: Avian influenza (AI) is an important disease that has significant implications for animal and human health. High pathogenicity AI (HPAI) has emerged in consecutive seasons within the UK to cause the largest outbreaks recorded. Statutory measures to control outbreaks of AI virus (AIV) at poultry farms involve disposal of all birds on infected premises. Understanding of the timing of incursions into the UK could facilitate decisions on improved responses. During the autumnal migration and wintering period (autumn 2019- spring 2020), three active sampling approaches were trialled for wild bird species considered likely to be involved in captive AI outbreaks with retrospective laboratory testing undertaken to define the presence of AIV.Faecal sampling of birds (n = 594) caught during ro

SUBMITTER: Wade D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9990394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature