Australia warns H5N1 likely to spread after first mass mortality episode
- Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on Monday that testing confirmed H5N1 bird flu in a group of 49 dead and 35 sick terns off the coast south of Adelaide.
- Australia has warned that H5N1 bird flu is likely to spread further, after the country’s first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide.
- Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on Monday testing confirmed H5N1 bird flu in a group of 49 dead and 35 sick terns found by helicopter surveillance on rocks off Cape Jaffa, 250km (155 miles) from Adelaide on Friday.
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- Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on Monday that testing confirmed H5N1 bird flu in a group of 49 dead and 35 sick terns off the coast south of Adelaide.
- Australia has warned that H5N1 bird flu is likely to spread further, after the country’s first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide.
- Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on Monday testing confirmed H5N1 bird flu in a group of 49 dead and 35 sick terns found by helicopter surveillance on rocks off Cape Jaffa, 250km (155 miles) from Adelaide on Friday.
Sources: Al Jazeera