H5N1 and Scotland: Trivia

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H5N1

Bird flu, remember that? Killer viruses sweeping across from south-east Asia. Not quite. The first known strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, now known as H5N1, actually first appeared in Scotland, when an outbreak killed two flocks of chickens on a farm near Cruden Bay in 1959.

Culled from The Independent

Bird Flu and Scotland


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