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Breaking: Second case of deadly bird flu confirmed in WA
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- The sick giant northern petrel being cared for at a local wildlife hospital.
- Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said testing at the CSIRO had confirmed both a brown skua and a northern giant petrel had tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza.
- Both birds were found in Esperance, about 700 kilometres south-east of Perth, and authorities confirmed on Saturday morning that the brown skua had the disease.
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The sick giant northern petrel being cared for at a local wildlife hospital. (Supplied: Esperance Wildlife Hospital)
Link copied Share Share article. A second bird found sick on a remote beach in Western Australia's south coast has now tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, authorities have confirmed.
Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said testing at the CSIRO had confirmed both a brown skua and a northern giant petrel had tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza.
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