FIRST DETECTION OF A PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 CLADE 2.3.4.4B VIRUS FROM LAYING HENS IN NORTHWESTERN GABON

First detection of a pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus from laying hens in Northwestern Gabon

We report the first outbreak of a pathogenic avian influenza virus that occurred on 13 cho-pat strap elbow April 2022 in the locality of Meyang, in Gabon, causing the death of 17,498 laying hens.Molecular analysis revealed that the mass mortalities observed in laying hens were associated with serotype H5N1 whose strain belonged to clade 2.3.4.4b.Th

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Relationship of cyanobacterial and algal assemblages with vegetation in the high Arctic tundra (West Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago)

The paper bo bichette cleats presents the results of a study of cyanobacteria and green algae assemblages occurring in various tundra types determined on the basis of mosses and vascular plants and habitat conditions.The research was carried out during summer in the years 2009-2013 on the north sea-coast of Hornsund fjord (West Spitsbergen, Svalbar

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