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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 BaeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Anyang, South Korea

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Table 2

Wild birds infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus, South Korea, 2014*

Family/species
 No. birds, n = 167
 Region
 Date
 Gross lesions
 Infected organs
 Other cause of death
Anatidae
Baikal teal (Anas formosa) 122 Donglim Reservoir Jan 17–22 Y T, C, K, L, Lu, P None
1 Jeonbuk Jan 21 Y P None
5 Geumgang River Jan 22, 27 Y T, C, K, Lu, P None
20 Chungnam Jan 23 Y T, K, P, H Monocrotophos poisoning
Bean goose (Anser fabalis) 9 Donglim Reservoir Jan 19–21 N T (K) Monocrotophos poisoning (3)
1 Incheon Feb 1 Y UK None
1 Gyeonggi Mar 9 Y T, C, P None
Mallard (Anas platyrhychos) 1 Jeonnam Jan 27 N UK Peritonitis
1 Jeonnam Jan 29 N UK Gunshot, parasite infection
White-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) 1 Gyeonggi Jan 28 N UK None
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
 1
 Jeonbuk
 Feb 6
 Y
 UK
 Renal failure
Other (not Anatidae)
Coot (Fulica atra) 1 Donglim Reservoir Jan 22 None I, K Postmortem change
Little grebe (Podicdeps ruficollis) 2 Gyeonggi Feb 27 None T, C, K Postmortem change
Great egret (Egretta alba alba) 1 Jeonbuk Mar 8 N UK Peritonitis

*C, cecal tonsil; H, heart; I, intestine, K, kidney; L, liver; Lu, lung; N, no; T, trachea P, pancreas; UK, unknown (pooled trachea, cecal tonsil, and kidney); Y, yes.

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