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"Australia has entered a new phase in dealing with the incursion of deadly H5N1
bird flu, with authorities confirming on Wednesday that local transmission had
taken place, and Victoria confirming first case of the highly virulent strain
Thursday.
“We have had what is suggestive of local transmission for the first time,”
Julie Collins, the federal minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry,
said on Wednesday afternoon, after 11 suspected detections were reported in
South Australian birds.
“We will expect to see increased evidence and deaths of wildlife … given there
has been some local transmission,” she said. “This small shift in the situation
will be very disappointing to many, but is certainly not an unexpected
development as the last continent to detect H5 bird flu.”
On Thursday morning, South Australia reported 13 more cases in greater crested
terns.
Now that authorities believe transmission of H5 strain is occurring locally,
what does this mean for Australia’s wildlife, and how bad could things get?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
