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Bird flu antibodies found in wild goose in Arkhang Printed From: Avian Flu Talk Category: Main Forums Forum Name: Latest News Forum Description: (Latest Breaking News) URL: http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7644 Printed Date: April 28 2024 at 4:52pm Topic: Bird flu antibodies found in wild goose in Arkhang Posted By: 2ciewan Subject: Bird flu antibodies found in wild goose in Arkhang Date Posted: May 06 2006 at 8:49am ARKHANGELSK. May 6 (Interfax) - H5 bird flu antibodies have been found in the blood of a wild goose shot for testing outside Arkhangelsk, Nikolai Yuferev, the chief expert from the Arkhangelsk regional veterinary department, told Interfax. The find indicates that either the goose had contact with a sick bird or was sick itself, Yuferev said. "It would be premature to make conclusions from this single fact," he said. The combination of H5 and N1 antibodies are dangerous to humans, but the laboratory equipment in Arkhangelsk is inadequate for more specific tests, Yuferev said. The amount of samples provided to the laboratory was insufficient for comprehensive tests, he said. The heads of local governments in Severodvinsk and the Nyandoma district have been notified about the bird flu antibodies in the goose. New test shootings of wild birds will be held in the near future. The hunting season in the Arkhangelsk region opens on May 7.

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