Bird flu-driven feather shortage driving up price of badminton shuttlecocks
- While bird flu has only landed on Australian shores in the last few months, a group of sportsmen and women have been feeling its impact for years.
- The deadly strain of H5 avian influenza has riddled wild and domesticated avian species across the world, with the total number of dead birds in the hundreds of millions.
- While the spread of the disease has Australians across science and agriculture increasingly concerned, the nation's badminton players have long counted its costs.
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- While bird flu has only landed on Australian shores in the last few months, a group of sportsmen and women have been feeling its impact for years.
- The deadly strain of H5 avian influenza has riddled wild and domesticated avian species across the world, with the total number of dead birds in the hundreds of millions.
- While the spread of the disease has Australians across science and agriculture increasingly concerned, the nation's badminton players have long counted its costs.
Sources: ABC Australia