Table 3 Number of samples collected from different wild birds in Lake El-Manzala
From: Surveillance on A/H5N1 virus in domestic poultry and wild birds in Egypt
Number of collected swabs | Type of wild bird |
|---|---|
331 | Coot |
195 | Teal duck |
166 | Cormorant |
120 | Quail |
95 | Shoveler |
60 | Purple swamp-hen |
58 | Moorhen gallinula |
53 | Stock dove |
41 | Pintail |
32 | Great egret |
25 | Common moorhen |
19 | Ferruginous duck/ Mahogany/ White-eyed pochard |
16 | Little crake |
16 | Squacco heron |
12 | Mallard/wild or Mammon duck |
10 | African sacred ibis |
10 | Egyptian vulture |
10 | Wigeon duck |
8 | Rose-ringed parakeet |
5 | Slender billed gull |
4 | Kestrel |
2 | Black headed gull |
2 | Dalmatian pelica |
2 | Gerfalcon |
2 | Tufted duck |
1 | Common pochard |
1 | House sparrow |
1 | Lanner falcon |
1297 | Total |