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Government invests $12 million in bird flu response
03 Sep 2025 12:51 GMT
… bolster Australia’s response capability to potential outbreaks of H5 Avian Influenza.
The … free from H5 bird flu, but the movement of wild birds poses an … response capability to H5 bird flu, to protect Australia’s agricultural industries and …
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'Time of trepidation' as bird flu risk increases in Australia in spring
03 Sep 2025 01:40 GMT
… of the H5 variant avian influenza, experts in Australia have been watching the … away the wild birds, which helps alleviate any potential risk of bird flu."
All … poultry should have limited exposure to wild birds as …
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Saving the world’s fattest parrot: can New Zealand vaccinate its rare species before bird flu gets to them?
02 Sep 2025 02:11 GMT
… deadly agent: H5 avian influenza. Soon after, bird flu begins to rip … if but when bird flu arrives in Australia. Now it is … concern now that the migratory bird season is just … difficult to vaccinate wild populations against avian influenza with the currently …
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Grim warning over bird flu outbreak
25 Aug 2025 04:49 GMT
… bird flu, with Threatened Species Commissioner Fiona Fraser saying Australia … is “essentially surrounded” ahead of the spring migratory … there was an avian bird flu outbreak”.
She said … Egg Farmers of Australia and the Australian Chicken Meat …
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Boosting national biosecurity response capability for H5 avian influenza (bird flu)
25 Aug 2025 03:50 GMT
… free from H5 bird flu, but the movement of wild birds poses an … response capability to H5 bird flu, to protect Australia’s agricultural industries and … and early detection efforts in wild populations and protecting native threatened …
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Could we vaccinate wild populations against the looming bird flu catastrophe?
21 Aug 2025 20:48 GMT
… BirdLife Australia chief executive Kate Millar, Australia’s preparation for the bird flu juggernaut … will arrive in Australia is on the wing of wild migratory birds.
This … rare, protected and valuable species.
Bird flu can spread quickly between species …
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DOC’s Bird Flu Vaccine Trial Success
19 Aug 2025 23:24 GMT
… bird flu, should it arrive here.
The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza … (HPAI) has spread globally, causing severe impacts on wild and … reached Oceania, including New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
DOC …
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Urgent warning deadly outbreak will 'almost certainly' reach Australia - after wreaking chaos across the globe
27 Aug 2025 00:19 GMT
… ;almost certainly' reach Australia.
H5 bird flu is a highly contagious disease … millions of animals, including poultry, wild birds, and mammals.
The US … migratory birds, and we do know that Australia is at risk of this H5 bird flu …
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Millions thrown at preparing for deadly outbreak that will 'almost certainly' reach Australia
26 Aug 2025 03:56 GMT
… lot of migratory birds, and we do know that Australia is at … before the strain reaches Australia.
"H5 bird flu will almost certainly reach … bet for responding for H5 bird flu in the wild, is dealing with other threats …
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Safeguarding Australia’s Wildlife From H5 Bird Flu
08 Aug 2025 05:42 GMT
… threatened species from H5 avian influenza (bird flu).
Across the country, … endangered Tasmanian devil.
Australia is the only continent … and contagious strain of bird flu. But preparing for … wild birds and some mammal species.
At facilities across Australia …