For months, Australia's largest supermarkets have been restricting the sale of eggs to customers during an unprecedented bird flu outbreak ... or about 8% of the national flock, have been ...

Earlier this year, Australia dealt with three parallel outbreaks of bird flu but each involved ... the importance of continued investment in national preparedness," Collins said.

The birds are widespread throughout Australia, and at home in urban and bush environments. Our national bird, the emu, also fared well, with an estimated 2.1 million strolling across Australia.

under the National Avian Influenza Wild Bird Surveillance Program which is co-ordinated by Wildlife Health Australia,” they said. The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ...

the oldest bird footprints yet found on Australia. “The tracks examined by the authors are truly remarkable,” says paleontologist Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche of Argentina’s National ...

Australia's recent declaration of being bird flu-free has proved short-lived ... is investing more than $100 million to ...

Since the global spread of H5N1 avian flu in 2006, Australia has enacted a national program to monitor wild and domestic bird populations. Victoria’s acting chief veterinarian Cameron Bell said ...

a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. Australia has over 750 native bird species. But lead-author Dr George Olah said many of them are facing an ...

The strains of bird flu identified in the states of Victoria and Western Australia can infect people, but experts insist that cases are rare. The virus can also infect cows. The United States ...

Bird flu spreads to farmed animals from wild birds. The 2024 infections are Australia's 10th outbreak since 1976, each contained and eradicated, the government has said.

Earlier this year, Australia dealt with three parallel outbreaks of bird flu but each involved ... the importance of continued investment in national preparedness," Collins said.