Experimental infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Table 1 Follow up of infected gulls

	Number of birds per day
Day post inoculation	1 dpi	2 dpi	3 dpi	4 dpi	5 dpi	6 dpi	7 dpi	8 dpi	9 dpi	10 dpi	11 dpi	12 dpi
Total alive	16	16	12	12	7	5	3	2	2	2	2	2
With neurologic signs	0	0	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Died spontaneously	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Euthanatized according to programme	0	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total necropsied	0	4	0	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2

Number of birds showing neurological signs, spontaneous deaths, and programmed euthanasias in H5N1-inoculated black-headed gulls during the course of the experiment.

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