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Table 1 RT-PCR results in swabs of wild raptor species found dead in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in 2006

From: Host-specific exposure and fatal neurologic disease in wild raptors from highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 during the 2006 outbreak in Germany

Species

Number of birds

Tested

H5N1-positive (%)

Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

385

12* (3.1)

Eurasian sparrow hawk (Accipiter nisus)

111

0

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

38

0

Buzzard, species undetermined (Buteo sp.)

36

1** (2.7)

White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

19

0

Raptors, species undetermined

12

0

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

10

0

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

6

2*** (33.3)

Red kite (Milvus milvus)

3

0

Rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)

3

0

Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

1

0

Total

624

15 (2.4)

  1. *Seven tested by combined tracheal and cloacal swabs, five tested by tracheal swabs only.
  2. **Tested by combined tracheal and cloacal swab.
  3. ***Tested by tracheal swabs only.