Country's 1st case of bird flu found on Otago egg farm

New Zealand Says Bird Flu Found at Egg Farm Is Not H5N1 Strain
New Zealand has placed strict movement controls on a commercial egg farm in the southern region of Otago after testing confirmed its chickens are infected with bird flu, but said it is not the strain causing concern globally.
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A 'high pathogenic' type of bird flu was confirmed in an Otago egg farm over the weekend. The Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed the virus is not the H5N1 strain that has been causing deaths in poultry,
NZ’s first case of high pathogenic strain of bird flu found on Otago egg farm
The Government is confident its teams will be able to eradicate the high pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu, which has been found at an Otago farm. The Ministry for Primary Industries said laying hens foraging outside were thought to have been infected with the H7N6 strain through a low pathogenic virus from wild waterfowl.
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International: Tests showed a rural chicken farm in the Otago region identified the H7N6 subtype, Biosecurity New Zealand said in a statement. It is not the H5N1 type that has spread globally and raised fears of human transmission.
Country's first case of high pathogenic bird flu found on Otago egg farm
Biosecurity officials have placed strict controls on an Otago egg farm.
Bird flu found on Otago egg farm
Biosecurity New Zealand says it has placed strict movement controls on a commercial egg farm in Otago. Stuart Anderson, Biosecurity New Zealand
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