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.
Last week, avian influenza virus was detected for the first time in New Zealand. The presence of the H7N6 HPAI virus serotype ...
New Zealand said on Monday that it had suspended all poultry exports after detecting a highly pathogenic variant of avian ...
The high pathogenic avian influenza - otherwise known as bird flu - has been found on a free range chicken farm in North ...
“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 ...
Biosecurity officials have placed strict movement controls on the commercial farm.
New Zealand has halted all poultry exports after confirming its first case of bird flu on an egg farm in the southern region ...
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