TABLE 1.

Isolation of influenza viruses and APMV-1 in domestic ducks and chickens in Taiwan^a

Host and sampling time	No. of samples	No. of influenza virus isolatesb				No. of APMV-1 isolates
		Total	H5 type	H6 type	Other subtype
Chicken
December 2012	2,607	22	4	14	4	2
2013
January	1,771	18	5	12	1	7
February	517	4	0	4	0	1
March	1,339	14	6	8	0	9
April	535	0	0	0	0	7
May	814	7	1	6	0	1
June	477	2	0	2	0	2
July	599	0	0	0	0	0
Total	8,659	67	16	46	5	29
Duck
December 2012	286	18	0	3	15	1
2013
January	106	17	10	2	5	17
February	137	0	0	0	0	11
March	557	49	0	3	46	52
April	193	0	0	0	0	0
May	539	9	0	1	8	4
June	352	3	0	0	3	4
July	410	36	2	26	8	7
Total	2,580	132	12	35	85	96

^aAPMV-1, type 1 avian paramyxovirus.

^bThree subtypes of influenza viruses were detected in chickens. These were H3, H5N2, and H6N1. All of the H5 viruses isolated from ducks belonged to the Eurasian gene pool.