Bird flu: So far no known connection between first and second farm
Officials have not yet found any links between a second chicken farm that has been isolated, and a poultry farm where bird flu has been identified.
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 flu, is expected to get under
Australian farmer hit by bird flu, sends warning to NZ farmers
An Australian egg producer whose chickens were infected with bird flu has warned New Zealand farmers that it is likely to take months to get birds back on the f
High pathogenic bird flu found on chicken farm: What you need to know
The high pathogenic avian influenza - otherwise known as bird flu - has been found on a free range chicken farm in North Otago. Laying hens foraging outside were thought to have been infected with the H7N6 strain through a low pathogenic virus from wild waterfowl.
'It's really quite scary': Ground zero at Otago chicken farm bird flu outbreak
A family member of two workers at the Mainland Poultry free-range farm at the centre of New Zealand’s first confirmed case of bird flu has today spoken of
Situation Update H7N6 Bird Flu Detection Otago
“Work started this morning to humanely cull chickens in two sheds on a farm managed by Mainland Poultry where testing confirmed cases of an H7N6 subtype of avian influenza in birds,” Biosecurity New Zealand deputy director-general Stuart Anderson says.
Second farm being probed over bird flu outbreak
A precautionary notice is being placed on a small free-range poultry farm after a number of hens died, MPI says. Meanwhile, the culling of 80,000 birds at the centre of the bird flu outbreak has started at Mainland Poultry,
Bird flu outbreak: Culling of 80,000 chickens expected to start today
The culling of 80,000 chickens to contain New Zealand’s first confirmed case of high pathogenic avian influenza H7N6, or bird flu, is expected to get under way today. They will
Farm Angels Sanctuary struck by bird flu
State officials say bird flu has been confirmed at two locations in the state so far this year. One of them was referred to as a backyard flock. FOX 10's Steve Nielsen spoke with the owner of the flock at Farm Angels Sanctuary and has more details.
Bird flu testing continues on Otago farm
Testing is continuing at other sheds at an Otago farm where bird flu has been confirmed. It comes after the H7N6 virus spread to a second shed at Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Egg Farm, meaning 80,000 chickens would need to be culled.
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Avian flu outbreaks spike in Asia-Pacific region
Last week, avian influenza virus was detected for the first time in New Zealand. The presence of the H7N6 HPAI virus serotype ...
Mainland Poultry Responds To H7N6 Bird Flu At Hillgrove Farm
Mainland Poultry is in full response mode and actively addressing the avian influenza situation on one of its South Island farms, Hillgrove Farm. Today we have begun the humane culling of birds in the ...
New Zealand suspends poultry exports after first case of H7 bird flu
New Zealand said on Monday that it had suspended all poultry exports after detecting a highly pathogenic variant of avian ...
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 ...