Volume 11, Number 5—May 2005
Dispatch
Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium
Steven Van Borm*
, Isabelle Thomas†, Germaine Hanquet†, Bénédicte Lambrecht*, Marc Boschmans*, Gérald Dupont†, Mireille Decaestecker*, René Snacken†, and Thierry van den Berg*
, Isabelle Thomas†, Germaine Hanquet†, Bénédicte Lambrecht*, Marc Boschmans*, Gérald Dupont†, Mireille Decaestecker*, René Snacken†, and Thierry van den Berg*
Figure 1
Figure 1. . Crested Hawk-Eagles confiscated at Brussels International Airport in the hand luggage of a Thai passenger. The birds were wrapped in a cotton cloth, with the heads free, and each of them inserted in a wicker tube ≈60 cm in length, with 1 end open. Pictures courtesy of Paul Meuleneire, custom investigations officer, antidrug group.
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