The first human case of avian influenza (bird flu) in Australia was reported yesterday in Victoria. A child acquired the H5N1 strain of the virus in India and became ill upon returning home to ...

Victorian poultry producers will be forced to house their birds, as cases of H5N1 bird flu continue to climb. The announcement builds on a voluntary housing order in place, and will apply to poultry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Illustration shows test tube labelled "Bird Flu", eggs and Australia flag CANBERRA (Reuters) - A highly pathogenic ...

After being detected for the very first time in two seabirds in Western Australia less than a week ago, the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has also arrived in a second state – with a case confirmed in ...

Ingham Company made the announcement concerning its farm and grower network operations in Muchea, Gingin and Mogumber, north of Perth, after two migratory birds were found in Esperance carrying H5N1 ...

June 22 (Reuters) - Inghams Group on Monday implemented a complete lockdown across all of its Western ‌Australian farms and processing operations after Australia reported ‌a second case of the highly ...

Bird flu continues to spread in the Australian state of Victoria, where more than 500,000 chickens have been euthanized. Strict quarantine zones restricting the movement of birds and equipment have ...

CANBERRA, June 4 (Reuters) - Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected at a third poultry farm near Melbourne, but it is not the same strain that has spread globally and raised fears of ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A new case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm in Australia's southeastern Victoria state, officials said on Thursday, a day after the ...

CANBERRA, June 5 (Reuters) - A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has been found on a fourth poultry farm near Melbourne near two other properties where the virus had already been detected, ...

Poultry giant Ingham’s locked down chicken farms in Western Australia after at least two cases of H5N1 bird flu were confirmed on the state’s remote south coast and authorities raced to work out ...

Victorian poultry producers have been ordered to house their birds by the state government in a move to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu. The measures will apply to poultry owners with more than 50 ...