Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Research
Comparison of 2016–17 and Previous Epizootics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Guangdong Lineage in Europe
Table 2
Wild bird species of the orders Podicipediformes, Anseriformes, and Charadriiformes, reported by event in 3 highly pathogenic avian influenza epizootics in Europe
Species group | Species | No. (%) events |
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H5N1 2005–06 epizootic | H5N8 2014–15 epizootic | H5N8 2016–17 epizootic | ||
Rails | Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) | 5 (1) | 8 (0.5) | |
Crested coot (Fulica cristata) | 1 (0.1) | |||
Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) | 4 (1) | |||
Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | ||
Total |
10 (2) |
11 (1) |
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Swans | Unspecified. | 197 (38) | 2 (22) | 262 (16) |
Mute swan (Cygnus olor) | 92 (18) | 344 (20) | ||
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) | 2 (0.4) | 80 (5) | ||
Total |
291 (56) |
2 (22) |
683 (41) |
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Ducks | Unspecified | 57 (11) | 143 (9) | |
Northern pintail (Anas acuta) | 2 (0.4) | |||
Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) | 1 (11) | 21 (1) | ||
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | 4 (1) | 1 (11) | 43 (3) | |
Common pochard (Aythya farina) | 4 (1) | 8 (0.5) | ||
Red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) | 2 (0.1) | |||
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | 1 (0.1) | |||
Greater scaup (Aythya marila) | 2 (0.4) | |||
Common merganser (Mergus merganser) | 5 (1) | |||
Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) | 18 (3) | 82 (5) | ||
Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) | 1 (11) | 3 (0.2) | ||
Smew (Mergus albellus) | 1 (0.2) | |||
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) | 2 (0.1) | |||
Common eider (Somateria mollissima) | 2 (0.1) | |||
Total |
93 (18) |
3 (33) |
307 (18) |
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Geese | Unspecified | 30 (6) | 94 (6) | |
Canada goose (Branta canadensis) | 5 (0.3 | |||
Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) | 1 (0.2) | |||
Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) | 9 (1) | |||
Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) | ||
Greylag goose (Anser anser) | 1 (0.2) | 21 (1) | ||
Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) | 1 (0.2) | |||
Bean goose (Anser fabalis) | 1 (0.1) | |||
Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) | 1 (0.1) | |||
Total |
35 (7) |
134 (8) |
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Gulls | Unspecified | 9 (2) | 89 (5) | |
Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) | 11 (1) | |||
Herring gull (Larus argentatus) | 1 (0.2) | 28 (2) | ||
Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (11) | 23 (1) | |
Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) | 1 (0.1) | |||
Common gull (Larus canus) | 2 (0.1) | |||
Total |
11 (2) |
1 (11) |
154 (9) |
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Waders | Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) | 1 (0.1) | ||
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) | 1 (0.1) | |||
Total | 2 (0.1) |
1These authors are joint first authors.