Bird flu: Otago Mainland Poultry boss on stressful time as 80,000 hens culled
The chief executive of the poultry farm at the centre of a highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak says his team is facing a ...
Bird flu outbreak: Culling of 80,000 chickens expected to begin today
The culling of 80,000 chickens to contain New Zealand’s first confirmed case of high pathogenic avian influenza H7N6, or bird ...
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High pathogenicity avian influenza hits New Zealand: first case, but not H5N1
NZ authorities have locked down and depopulated free-range hens on a remote Otago poultry farm, after detecting the country’s ...
Risk of bird flu in Hawke’s Bay? Step-up the biosecurity
MPI is making inquiries over potential bird flu at a second farm, and Yanfei Bao's killer Tingjun Cao has been found guilty.
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Avian influenza reaches New Zealand
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus has now been confirmed in New Zealand. The presence of an H7N6 variant of ...
New Zealand's newly found bird flu virus poses low risk for public health
The high pathogenic type of bird flu recently confirmed in a New Zealand egg farm was not H5N1 strain that people are most worried about and would pos ...
Meat chickens not involved in avian flu scare, consumers unlikely to shy from New Zealand favourite meal
No meat chickens are involved in New Zealand’s first outbreak of a highly pathogenic bird flu that biosecurity officials are ...
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New Zealand detects first H5N1 outbreak
A highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been detected in New Zealand for the first time, putting the country’s poultry industry ...