Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Research
Pathologic Changes in Wild Birds Infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Viruses, South Korea, 2014
Hye-Ryoung Kim, Yong-Kuk Kwon, Il Jang, Youn-Jeong Lee, Hyun-Mi Kang, Eun-Kyoung Lee, Byung-Min Song, Hee-Soo Lee, Yi-Seok Joo, Kyung-Hyun Lee, Hyun-Kyoung Lee, Kang-Hyun Baek, and You-Chan Bae
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.
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