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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Susceptibility of North American Ducks and Gulls to H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses

Justin D. Brown*Comments to Author , David E. Stallknecht*, Joan R. Beck†, David L. Suarez†, and David E. Swayne†
Author affiliations: *College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA; †Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia, USA

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Table 2

Mean viral titer for tissues from wood ducks and laughing gulls* that died after inoculation with 2 different HPAI H5N1 viruses†

Host virus Brain Heart Lung Skeletal muscle Kidney
WD-Anyang 3.7‡ 3.5 5.1 ND§ 2.9
WD-Mongolia 6.6 2.7 7.1 2.5 6.7
LG-Anyang 4.8 4.7 5.2 2.5 4.2
LG-Mongolia 6.3 2.5 3.3 4.2 2.5

*No virus was isolated from the internal organs of the other 4 avian species inoculated with H5N1 viruses and all of the sham-inoculated control birds.
†HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza; WD, wood duck; LG, laughing gull; Anyang, A/Duck Meat/Anyang/01; Mongolia, A/Whooper Swan/Mongolia/244/05.
‡log10 mean 50% embryo infectious dose per gram (log10EID50/g).
§Not detected.

*No virus was isolated from the internal organs of the other 4 avian species inoculated with H5N1 viruses and all of the sham-inoculated control birds.
†HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza; WD, wood duck; LG, laughing gull; Anyang, A/Duck Meat/Anyang/01; Mongolia, A/Whooper Swan/Mongolia/244/05.
‡log10 mean 50% embryo infectious dose per gram (log10EID50/g).
§Not detected.

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