Israel: Avian influenza H5

27 January 2010

An outbreak of avian influenza was discovered yesterday at a broiler breeder pullet farm in Kibbutz Ein Shemer (about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa), Israel. The disease was found in a broiler breeder house, 15 weeks of age, than contain 43,000 birds. The Israeli Veterinary Services ordered all birds in the farm to be culled. and a quarantine in all poultry enclosures within a 10-kilometer radius. 

According to Haaretz.com mortality started 10 days before diagnosis has been made. 

Images from this clinical case can be seen in the following link (4 consecutive images).