Influenza A virus subtype H5N3
H5N3 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus.
H5N3 was identified in Quebec in August 2005 and in Sweden in October 2005.
2009:
H5N3 virus was identified at a La Garnache farm in France in late January. 90 birds were found dead between 29 January 2009 and 31 January 2009. The remaining stock of 4,932 birds was culled on 1 February 2009.
Germany:102 ostriches and 28 chickens in a farm Blumberg must be slaughtered; suspicion of avian influenza. The samples have shown that it is an H5N3 virus, an influenza A virus --
