In the Leningrad Zoo, perhaps a bird flu
In the Leningrad Zoo died two geese, the Experts have suspected that the cause of their deaths became avian influenza. As reported ” y” on Monday Rosselhoznadzora regional office, samples from the dead birds sent to laboratories in Moscow and Vladimir.
“We have suspected avian influenza. If they are confirmed, we will officially comment on the situation, but we are waiting for the results of analysis, “said the representative office. He did not specify when the results of tests. Meanwhile, in the Leningrad Zoo claim that the geese cause of death was unrelated to the dangerous infection. “I do not see where there is information that the geese from the zoo found viral infection. We have really two geese had recently died, but the cause of their deaths was not avian influenza, “said from the” zoo director Adviser H atalya Gergilevich. Closure of the Leningrad Zoo, she said, also was not related to avian influenza. N. Gergilevich reported that on Monday, a planned sanitary processing facilities.
