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First case of H5 bird flu confirmed in Australia
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- A migratory sea bird tested positive for the contagious H5 variant of bird flu in Western Australia.
- The disease was detected in a migratory sea bird — a brown skua — in a remote part of Western Australia, Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said at a press briefing in Canberra.
- The development means that the highly contagious variant of avian influenza is now present on every continent.
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A migratory sea bird tested positive for the contagious H5 variant of bird flu in Western Australia. Up until now Australia was the only continent which had not detected the strain.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Fk5XThe H5 strain has led to high death rates in poultry and wild birds across the world [File: January 14, 2023]Image: Dado Ruvic/REUTERSAdvertisement Australia on Saturday confirmed its first mainland case of the deadly H5 strain of bird flu.
The disease was detected in a migratory sea bird — a brown skua — in a remote part of Western Australia, Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said at a press briefing in Canberra.
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