Biosecurity NZ confirms avian influenza in second shed

Biosecurity NZ confirms avian influenza in second shed
New Zealand’s first case of bird flu was detected on Sunday. (Image: Warren Buckland)
Gregor Thompson
Biosecurity tests have confirmed avian influenza infections in a second shed at a commercial egg farm in rural Otago. New Zealand’s first case of bird flu was detected on a Mainland Poultry-managed farm on Sunday.Biosecurity NZ, a business unit within the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), said on Tuesday it had found cases of an H7N6 subtype of avian influenza in chickens in a second shed at the farm.Although it is not the H5N1 strain circulating among wildlife worldwide, Biosecurity NZ is taking the find seriously.About 80,000...

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