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The H5N1 bird flu has landed

The H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed in New Zealand yesterday after a brown skua tested positive, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bull...

How can we get bird flu under control?

Emergency and laboratory monitoring Bird flu is affecting an increasing number of birds in the Netherlands, leading to the culling of tens of thousands of animals, such as the 71,0...

H5 bird flu lands in Australia, putting livestock sectors on alert

Australia’s livestock industries are on heightened alert following confirmation on Friday that the globally circulating H5 bird flu strain has been detected on the mainland for the...

Australia reports first case of H5 bird flu, virus spreads to every continent

Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, meaning the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent. Australian Agriculture...

Philippines reports bird flu outbreak among backyard birds, WOAH says

(1st UPDATE) This case in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, is already closed, according to monitoring by the Bureau of Animal Industry, which the Department of Agriculture cites

Nepal’s bird flu outbreak spreads, breeding pandemic mutation fears

Nepal has culled more than 600,000 birds and destroyed around 1 million eggs as an H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads across the Kathmandu Valley, shutting the capital’s only zoo and r...

Hong Kong poultry stall suspended for disinfection after bird flu trace detected

A poultry stall at a Hong Kong market has been disinfected after an environmental sample tested positive for the H9 bird flu virus, with shoppers remaining largely unfazed despite...

Philippines reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak among backyard birds in Oriental Mindoro

The Philippines has reported a new outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among backyard birds in Oriental Mindoro, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health and R...

Philippines reports bird flu outbreak among backyard birds, WOAH says

PARIS — The Philippines has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among backyard birds in its Oriental Mindoro province, the World Organization for Animal Health...

First suspected H5N1 bird flu case in NSW, as state ramps up surveillance

The dead seabird was found by a member of the public at Hawks Nest on the NSW Mid North Coast. The risk to humans remains low, but the virus would be devastating to the poultry ind...

NSW third Aussie state to confirm bird flu

Hong Kong market sample tests positive for H9 bird flu after boy infected

A sample collected from a market in Hong Kong has tested positive for bird flu H9, days after a two-year-old boy who visited the venue contracted a mild strain of the infectious di...

Western Australian poultry farms locked down after H5N1 bird flu discovered in wild birds

Poultry producer Ingham’s announces move after brown skua confirmed to have virus and petrel being tested, in first cases seen on Australia’s mainlandFollow our Australia news live...

Australia ramps up bird flu surveillance

A Department of Primary Industries vet takes samples from a dead brown skua to test for the H5N1 bird flu at Esperance Wildlife Hospital. Photo: Lori-Ann Shibish - Esperance Wildli...

High alert in New Zealand as Australia records H5N1 bird flu case

Photo: Reuters New Zealand’s chicken farmers are on high alert for the H5N1 strain of bird flu after the first recorded case in Australia.

Australia confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu

The H5N1 strain of avian influenza (bird flu) has been detected in Australia for the first time, the country’s agriculture ministry has confirmed today (Saturday, June 20). Testing...

Deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Australia for first time

A deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, that has killed millions of wild and domestic birds and mammals across the globe, has for the first time reached Australia’s shores. Austr...

First Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu In Australia Has Been Confirmed

H5N1 Bird Flu virus has devastated wildlife populations in other continents, and this could be the start of a long push to protect Australian birds and wildlife in Australia.

Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu

The announcement means that the highly contagious variant has now spread to every continent.

Australia’s largest poultry producer forces farms into lockdown after deadly bird flu strain discovered

Australia’s largest poultry producer, Inghams Group, has taken decisive action by placing its farms and processing facilities in Western Australia under complete lockdown following...

Can I get sick from bird flu? What are the symptoms, and are chicken and eggs safe to eat?

As the deadly H5N1 virus makes landfall in Australia, experts hope strong biosecurity will protect poultry and dairy cattleBrown skuas and giant petrels rarely make landfall. When...

Bird flu returns in Friesland and Flevoland, forcing culling of over 135,000 birds

Bird flu has resurfaced in the Netherlands, with outbreaks confirmed at a poultry farm in Marrum, in the province of Friesland, and earlier at a farm in Biddinghuizen, the governme...

Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu

Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, marking the sprea

NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast

Migratory giant petrel discovered near Hawks Nest north of Newcastle infected with H5. Testing under way to determine if it’s highly pathogenic H5N1 strainFollow our Australia news...