From poultry flu to wild bird flu - H5N1
* "Every outbreak of bird flu in Australian from 1976 to 2024 has arisen on a large, commercial poultry farm."
https://poultry-research.sydney.edu.au/bird-flu-must-knows/
* A suspected bird flu case was detected on mainland Australia
"Australia had been the last continent free of this deadly strain of bird flu."
"Infection usually happens after close contact with infected poultry — for example, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese – or contaminated environments."
"In the US, for example, since the arrival of this virus they've had to cull and destroy over 200 million chickens."
"In February 2025 the H7N8 strain was detected at multiple poultry farms in Victoria's north-east." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/suspected-australian-h5-bird-flu-case-explained/106819846
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#Netherlands, #Birdflu #risk downgraded: national mandatory #housing and shielding of #poultry lifted, https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2026/06/11/risico-vogelgriep-kleiner-landelijke-ophok-en-afschermplicht-pluimvee-ingetrokken
The State Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (LVVN) has decided this based on a new assessment by the Expert Group on Animal Diseases, which currently estimates the risk of infection at a poultry farm as 'low to moderate'.

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