Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Denmark, Spring 2006

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Denmark, Spring 2006 provides a comprehensive description of the avian influenza epidemic in wild birds in Denmark and in the Baltic area in spring 2006. The report covers the epidemiology of the disease including a description of the outbreak in a Danish back-yard poultry holding with 102 animals and the disease control measures applied. A description of the Danish avian influenza surveillance of wild birds and of poultry and game birds in 2006 and the results hereof is presented.