China finds H5N1 in migratory birds

A Tibetan county in northwest China's Qinghai Province is culling poultry, disinfecting farms and restricting movement following the discovery of H5N1 bird flu in migratory birds.

About 121 migratory birds were found dead near the Genggahai Lake of Gonghe County in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Hainan on May 8, but China's National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory recently discovered that the birds tested positive for H5N1 bird flu.

Gonghe County has confiscated 600 poultry birds and is disinfecting all farms to avoid infection, though no bird flu symptoms have been found at any farm.

The county has 133 hectares of wetland and is a major stopping point for migratory birds.