China:HPAI H5 Confirmed in Hunan Province

Today´s OIE report from China describes a third H5N1 outbreak in less than a week.  This report is for Wantang village in Xiangtan county in Hunan Province.  545/687 chickens and ducks died and 2497 were culled.  The diagnosis was H5 HPAI, which is likely to be H5N1 wild bird flu.