Table 1 Detection of HPAIV H5N8 in cloacal and oropharyngeal swabs from carcasses of wild ducks
Species | No. of birds | Positive RRT-PCR for H5N8 virus in: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pooled CL and OP swabs | Separate CL and OP swabs | Separate CL swab only | Separate OP swab only | ||
Tufted duck Aythya fuligulaa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Common pochard Aythya ferinaa | 1 | Nd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Great crested grebe Podiceps cristatusa | 1 | Nd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eurasian teal Anas creccaa | 1 | Nd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelopea | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | 2 | Nd | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Duck (unspecified species) | 10 | 10 | Nd | Nd | Nd |
Greylag goose Anser ansera | 1 | Nd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Great black backed gull Larus marinusa | 1 | Nd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lesser black backed gull Larus fuscus | 1 | 1 | Nd | Nd | Nd |
Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundusa | 1 | Nd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eurasian buzzard Buteo buteo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Eurasian magpie Pica pica | 1 | 1 | Nd | Nd | Nd |