Avian Influenza Testing in Wild Birds - 2012 Quarter 3

The dataset provides a list of the wild birds identified and submitted under both passive and active (targeted) surveillance programmes in Great Britain for testing for Avian Influenza by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). The main emphasis in the surveillance programmes is on patrols of designated reserves by skilled wild bird ecologists and wardens to locate “found dead” wild birds, including “mass mortality incidents”. These Warden Patrols continue all-year-round, and are also seasonally targeted in the winter and spring periods (October to March) each year. Members of the public are also asked to remain vigilant for mass bird mortality incidents occurring in any location in GB and report these to the Defra Helpline. The criteria for a “mass mortality incident” are five or more wild birds of any species at any location in England, Scotland and Wales. The dataset contains information on the identity of the bird, the date, location and which samples were taken from those birds and their test results. 
Please Note: The location represents a 10km x 10km square in which the bird was found.  Location data is provided by the submitter and is not verified and, if no location information is available, the location of the testing laboratory may be used.
For further information and explanations of the data included in this dataset, please see the data dictionary available for download alongside this dataset. Attribution statement: ©Crown Copyright, APHA 2016

本数据集收录了由动物植物卫生局（APHA）针对禽流感检测，在英国被动及主动（针对性）监测计划下识别并提交的野生鸟类清单。监测计划的重点在于由熟练的野生动物生态学家和守卫对指定保护区进行巡检，以发现“已发现死亡”的野生鸟类，包括“大规模死亡事件”。这些守卫巡逻全年进行，并在每年的冬季和春季（十月至三月）进行季节性针对性巡检。公众也被要求保持警惕，报告在英国任何地点发生的鸟类大规模死亡事件，并将其报告给环境、食品与农村事务部（Defra）的求助热线。大规模死亡事件的判定标准为，在任何地点发现五种或以上的任何物种的野生鸟类。数据集中包含了关于鸟类身份、日期、地点以及从这些鸟类身上采集的样本及其检测结果的信息。请注意：位置信息代表发现鸟类的10公里×10公里正方形区域。位置数据由提交者提供，未经验证；若无位置信息，则可能使用检测实验室的位置。有关本数据集中包含数据的进一步信息和解释，请参阅随此数据集提供的可下载的数据字典。版权声明：©英国皇家版权，APHA 2016