Monitoring and surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in captive and wild birds at zoo, Suphan Buri province, Thailand, 2009-2010.

The monitoring and surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in captive and wild birds at zoo in Suphan Buri province, Thailand was carried out under the disease surveillance program of the Monitoring and Surveillance Center for Zoonotic Diseases in Wildlife and Exotic animals from January 2009 to October 2010 by collecting tracheal swabs, cloacal swabs and serum. All 325 samples were found negative in viral detection with molecular technique, cell culture and serological methods. Although this study found no evidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in the area, the monitoring and surveillance for avian influenza should be continuously conducted.