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Environment ministers summoned over bird flu threat

Environment ministers summoned over bird flu threat

Australia is looking at vaccinations for bird flu as environment ministers are called to a special meeting to discuss the threat to wildlife.

'Pitiful' funding for 'looming catastrophe' of bird flu

'Pitiful' funding for 'looming catastrophe' of bird flu

'Pitiful' funding for 'looming catastrophe' of bird flu

'Pitiful' funding for 'looming catastrophe' of bird flu

Pressure is mounting on the federal government to pour more money into bird flu preparations, amid warnings Australia's worst ecological disaster is looming.

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

Bird-flu restrictions ease but wildlife outbreak feared

NSW has rolled back some avian influenza restrictions as a senior minister warns of the devastating impact if another strain makes its way into Australia.

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Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Agriculture ministers have agreed to hold a national planning drill to make sure Australia is ready for the possible arrival of the deadly H5 bird flu strain.

Australia facing unprecedented bird flu threat: CSIRO

Australia facing unprecedented bird flu threat: CSIRO

Three different strains of bird flu are now circulating in Australia and scientists can not rule out more, with spill over from ducks and geese suspected.

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia's environment ministers are accused of being missing in action and doing little to get ready for the impacts of bird flu on native wildlife.

Backyard chickens in latest Canberra bird flu detection

Backyard chickens in latest Canberra bird flu detection

Chickens in the backyard of a Canberra home are the latest to test positive to a strain of bird flu that has sparked mass culls and egg shortages.

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Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

A Canberra facility is the 11th property nationally that has been affected by a bird flu outbreak, as Woolworths imposes egg limits on some customers.

Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

Australia's giant lizards can reduce flystrike in sheep by clearing maggot-ridden animal carcasses from the landscape, according to Australian and UK research.

Bird flu misinformation spreading faster than virus

Bird flu misinformation spreading faster than virus

Bird flu misinformation spreading faster than virus

Bird flu misinformation spreading faster than virus

Experts have hosed down fears about bird flu outbreaks in Australia and overseas being stoked on social media.

Shoppers urged not to scramble with egg-supply shortage

Shoppers urged not to scramble with egg-supply shortage

Shoppers urged not to scramble with egg-supply shortage

Shoppers urged not to scramble with egg-supply shortage

More than a million chickens are due to be destroyed to fight a growing bird flu outbreak, posing risks to egg supply chains.

Experts struggle to crack mystery new bird-flu outbreak

Experts struggle to crack mystery new bird-flu outbreak

Experts struggle to crack mystery new bird-flu outbreak

Experts struggle to crack mystery new bird-flu outbreak

Australia does not do enough to protect its biosecurity, an expert has warned as authorities work overtime to contain the spread of bird flu in two states.

Ducks culled as flu hits sixth Victorian farm

Ducks culled as flu hits sixth Victorian farm

Ducks culled as flu hits sixth Victorian farm

Ducks culled as flu hits sixth Victorian farm

Flocks of ducks will be disposed of after bird flu has been detected at a sixth Victorian farm which was already in quarantine.

Fears people will crack as Coles imposes egg limits

Fears people will crack as Coles imposes egg limits

Fears people will crack as Coles imposes egg limits

Fears people will crack as Coles imposes egg limits

A growing bird flu outbreak is yet to hit farmed chicken meat but shoppers have been urged to avoid panic-buying after a supermarket introduced egg sale limits.

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Thousands of hens to be culled as flu hits fifth farm

A Victorian egg producer will destroy tens of thousands of hens after avian influenza was detected at a second farm, bringing the number impacted to five.

WHO confirms first fatal human case of bird flu A(H5N2)

The World Health Organisation says a death related to a confirmed human case of infection with A(H5N2) subtype of bird flu is the first of its kind globally.

Bird flu strikes down chickens at fourth Victorian farm

A fourth chicken farm in Victoria has tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu as authorities prepare to cull all birds on the property.

Hens culled, egg shortage as bird flu outbreak spreads

A third Victorian chicken farm will cull tens of thousands of hens after a deadly strain of avian flu was found, sparking a warning about egg supplies.

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US introduces 'understandable' poultry restrictions

The Victorian poultry meat industry is unlikely to be badly affected by US import curbs prompted by a bird flu outbreak, according to a peak body.

US curbs Victorian poultry imports on bird flu concerns

Poultry imports have been restricted from Victoria to the US after highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in the Australian state.

Bird flu cull leads to 450,000 fewer eggs per day

It could take years for farms impacted by an avian influenza outbreak to recover after the deaths of half a million chickens.

Bird flu at second farm as farmers on high alert

Farmers are remaining on high alert after bird flu was detected at a second Victorian farm linked to another property where mass culling is under way.

Bird flu outbreak sparks mass cull of farmed chickens

Thousands of birds at an egg farm will be culled after a bird flu outbreak as authorities reveal a child is Australia's first case of a deadly global strain.

Bird flu found in one in five US milk samples: FDA

The United States Food and Drug Administration says one in five commercial milk samples tested across the country contained particles of the avian influenza.

Wider bird flu spread worrying, animal health body says

The head of the World Organisation for Animal Health says it is worrying to see the spread of bird flu to more different species.

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