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.
Bird flu found on egg farm in Otago – Expert Reaction
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.
New Zealand suspends poultry exports after bird flu case at egg farm
New Zealand has halted all poultry exports after confirming its first case of bird flu on an egg farm in the southern region of Otago. Exports of poultry products worth about NZ$190 million (US$112 million) a year will cease until New Zealand can once again attest to being free of bird flu,
Country's first case of bird flu found on Otago egg farm
Deputy director-general Stuart Anderson said testing confirmed a high pathogenic strain of avian influenza in chickens that has likely developed from interactions with local waterfowl and wild birds.
New Zealand suspends poultry exports after first case of H7 bird flu
Tests confirmed the H7N6 subtype of bird flu at a rural chicken farm in the Otago region. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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
New Zealand Reports First Case of H7 Bird Flu
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.
Poultry exports stopped until NZ bird flu free
An Otago egg farm is in lockdown and the culling of chickens will start tomorrow after some birds tested positive for a high pathogenic strain of avian bird flu. This is the first time this version of the virus has been discovered in Aotearoa.
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