Western Australian poultry farms locked down as second wild bird tests positive for H5N1 bird flu
by Tory Shepherd and Graham Readfearn from World news | The Guardian on (#76FBG)
Poultry producer Ingham's announces move, as a brown skua and a giant petrel the first confirmed H5 cases on Australia's mainland
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Poultry farms in Western Australia have gone into lockdown after the deadly H5N1 bird flu arrived on the country's mainland, with tests confirming a second bird also carried the disease.
On Monday, the Ingham's Group - Australia's largest poultry producer - announced a complete lockdown" in WA, despite no commercial detection of H5N1.
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