Bird flu has now been discovered at a second farm in Victoria along with a poultry operation in Western Australia’s southwest.
Avian influenza linked to the first Victorian farm has been found at a farming property in Terang, southwest of Melbourne.
This property has now been placed in quarantine, and “control orders” have been enforced restricting the movement of poultry, equipment, and vehicles in designated areas.
In Western Australia, a separate less dangerous strain of the virus, H9N2, has been uncovered in the southwest of the state.
This comes after the H7N3, a highly pathogenic strain of avian flu, was detected at a poultry farm near Meredith in regional Victoria....
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