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"A suspected case of H5 bird flu has been detected in a giant petrel found near
Hawks Nest on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, marking the first time
the virus has turned up in a wild bird in the state.
Samples returned a positive result in preliminary tests, and have been sent to
the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness for confirmation. The detection
comes at the same time as another unconfirmed positive result in Western
Australia.
If confirmed, these will be Australia’s sixth and seventh detections of the
highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in less than three weeks, following
earlier cases found in wild birds in WA and South Australia since June 14.
Until then, Australia was the only continent to have avoided the strain, which
has devastated birds and marine mammals worldwide due to its ability to mutate
rapidly and jump between species."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
