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First bird flu death in an Australian mainland mammal is a grim milestone. We know how bad this can get (opens the original)
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Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a long-nosed fur seal found dead at Beachport on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, about a four-hour drive southeast of Adelaide. This is a devastating development, although sadly not an unexpected one. H5N1 is already circulating in wild seabirds along the Limestone Coast, with many infected greater crested terns found at Beachport itself. This s
Why Australia should urgently vaccinate wildlife most at risk from H5N1 bird flu (opens the original)
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Australia has confirmed deadly H5N1 bird flu has been found in 102 wild seabirds across five states at the time of writing, including the country’s first mass death of birds. The question is no longer if this virus can harm Australian wildlife, but whether we should use every available tool to protect species most at risk. Vaccination cannot stop H5N1 spreading through wildlife. But it could prevent an outbreak from killing all of the at-risk species in an area – a tragic local extinction. Austr
The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife (opens the original)
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The spread of H5N1 birdflu is worsening. At the time of writing, Australia has 53 confirmed detections in wild seabirds across five states. In South Australia there are 39 confirmed cases, including a silver gull at Robe and 19 greater crested terns found along the Limestone Coast and Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island. South Australian authorities are also investigating 49 dead and 35 sick greater crested terns found by aerial surveillance teams at an offshore location south of Cape Jaffa. Samples are
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