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
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.
New Zealand says bird flu found at egg farm is not H5N1 strain
WELLINGTON: 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 outbreak on Otago chicken farm: Family of workers shocked and worried
A family member of two workers at an Otago chicken farm which is at the centre of New Zealand’s first confirmed case of bird flu has today spoken of their shock and fear over the outbreak. One neighbour to the farm,
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
New Zealand Officials Testing for Bird Flu at Second Egg Farm
New Zealand officials are investigating a second egg farm in the southern region of Otago for potential cases of bird flu.
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,
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 chickens died, MPI says. Meanwhile, the culling of 80,000 birds at the centre of the bird flu outbreak has started at Mainland Poultry, a commercial egg farm in rural Otago.
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 influenza at a poultry farm on the South Island. Tests confirmed the H7N6 subtype of bird flu at a rural chicken farm in the Otago region,
New Zealand halts poultry exports after detecting strain of avian influenza
To try to prevent the further spread of the virus, around 80,000 layer hens across two sheds will be humanely culled using CO2 gas.
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