Abstract
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (HPAI), subtype H5N1, is a contagious disease with a high lethality rate, potentially capable of causing the death of approximately 90-100% of poultry populations when contaminated, and triggering epidemics that rapidly spread across all regions of the world. Most migratory birds, especially aquatic ones, are considered natural reservoirs of the virus. …