First case of deadly H5 bird flu found in Australian seabird on SA coast

Dead greater crested tern – a common coastal bird – tests positive for disease after being discovered at Robe on SA’s Limestone Coast
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The first case of deadly H5 bird flu in local wildlife has been recorded in a bird found on the South Australian coast.
The federal agriculture minister, Julie Collins, said on Friday that a greater crested tern – a common coastal bird – had tested positive for the disease. The bird was found at Robe on SA’s Limestone Coast.
Continue reading...- • A greater crested tern in Robe, South Australia, tested positive for the H5 bird flu.
- • This marks the first detection of the lethal H5 variant in Australian mainland wildlife.
- • The virus has now reached every continent via migratory seabirds.
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