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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022

Dispatch

Mass Mortality Caused by Highly Pathogenic Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Sandwich Terns, the Netherlands, 2022

Jolianne M. Rijks1Comments to Author , Mardik F. Leopold1, Susanne Kühn, Ronald in ‘t Veld, Fred Schenk, Allix Brenninkmeijer, Sander J. Lilipaly, Mónika Z. Ballmann, Leon Kelder, Job W. de Jong, Wouter Courtens, Roy Slaterus, Erik Kleyheeg, Sandra Vreman, Marja J.L. Kik, Andrea Gröne, Ron A.M. Fouchier, Marc Engelsma, Mart C.M. de Jong, Thijs Kuiken, and Nancy Beerens
Author affiliations: Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (J.M. Rijks, M.J.L. Kik, A. Gröne); Wageningen Marine Research, Den Helder, the Netherlands (M.F. Leopold, S. Kühn); Staatsbosbeheer Zuid-Hollandse Delta, Numansdorp, the Netherlands (R. in ’t Veld); Stichting Het Zeeuwse Landschap, Wilhelminadorp, the Netherlands (F. Schenk); Province of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (A. Brenninkmeijer); Deltamilieu Projecten, Vlissingen, the Netherlands (S.J. Lilipaly, M.Z. Ballmann); Staatsbosbeheer Beheereenheid de Kop, Schoorl, the Netherlands (L. Kelder); Bureau Waardenburg, Culemborg, the Netherlands (J.W. de Jong); Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels, Belgium (W. Courtens); Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (E. Kleyheeg, R. Slaterus); Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, the Netherlands (S. Vreman, M. Engelsma,, N. Beerens); Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (R.A.M. Fouchier, T. Kuiken); Wageningen University and Research, Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology group, Wageningen, the Netherlands (M.C.M. de Jong)

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Video 1

Video clip taken while removing dead birds from Colony 6 (Slijkplaat) on June 9, 2022 (9 days after first dead birds were observed in this colony), the Netherlands. Amid the many dead adult Sandwich terns, 1 live bird with spread-out wings was breathing heavily and showing opisthotonos, flipping over backward when trying to move away from camera. This bird died shortly after the video was taken and was removed from the colony, together with 120 other dead adult birds on that day (Appendix 1 Table 1). Video credit: Ronald in ‘t Veld.

Video 1. Video clip taken while removing dead birds from Colony 6 (Slijkplaat) on June 9, 2022 (9 days after first dead birds were observed in this colony), the Netherlands. Amid the many dead adult Sandwich terns, 1 live bird with spread-out wings was breathing heavily and showing opisthotonos, flipping over backward when trying to move away from camera. This bird died shortly after the video was taken and was removed from the colony, together with 120 other dead adult birds on that day (Appendix 1 Table 1). Video credit: Ronald in ‘t Veld.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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