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Vet chanced upon first H5 bird flu case
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- Toni Howlett said avian influenza had not crossed her mind when she found the bird.
- Vet Toni Howlett was walking along a beach near Esperance with a friend last Sunday, when she saw a bird unwell in the seaweed.
- "I established that he was a little bit dehydrated and pretty skinny and thought it would be good to get him into care," she said.
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Toni Howlett said avian influenza had not crossed her mind when she found the bird. (ABC News: Andrew Chounding)
Link copied Share Share article A West Australian vet who chanced upon a sick bird since confirmed to have Australia's first known case of the deadly H5 variant of bird flu says she had no idea of the significance of her find.
Vet Toni Howlett was walking along a beach near Esperance with a friend last Sunday, when she saw a bird unwell in the seaweed.
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