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Breaking: Third H5N1 bird flu case confirmed as virus found in South Australia
Key takeaways
- A sign about bird flu on Greg's farm.
- South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said the state recorded the avian influenza in a giant petrel found at Knights Beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
- He said two sick birds came into the care of a local wildlife rescue group on June 14.
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A sign about bird flu on Greg's farm. (ABC News: Richard Mockler)
Link copied Share Share article. A third confirmed case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu has been found in a migratory bird on Australia's southern coast.
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said the state recorded the avian influenza in a giant petrel found at Knights Beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
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