Lab confirms H5N1 in Croatia

Dead swans found in a Croatian nature park were infected with the lethal H5N1 bird flu strain, the agriculture ministry said today after receiving test results from a British laboratory.

The laboratory, which tested samples from six swans that already had already tested positive for H5 subtype of bird flu last Friday, Croatia’s flu case, confirmed it was the H5N1 strain, said ministry spokesman Mladen Pavic.