Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Research
Pathologic Changes in Wild Birds Infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Viruses, South Korea, 2014
Table 1
Results of necropsy of 771 bird carcasses collected January–June 2014, South Korea
Cause of death | Diagnosis | No. birds* |
---|---|---|
Pathogen
(18.5%) |
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus infection | 167 (29) |
Bacterial infection | 29 | |
Parasite infection | 9 (1) | |
Fungal infection |
3 |
|
Nonpathogen (81.5%) | Agrochemical poisoning | 222 |
Gunshot | 12 | |
Trauma | 103 | |
Miscellaneous | 32 | |
Putrefaction | 52 | |
Unknown | 142 |
*Parentheses indicate number of birds in which a pathogenic organism was detected in combination with agrochemical poisoning.