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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'It's really quite scary': Ground zero at Otago chicken farm bird flu outbreak
A family member of two workers at the Mainland Poultry free-range farm at the centre of New Zealand’s first confirmed case of ...
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 ...
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Avian influenza reaches New Zealand
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus has now been confirmed in New Zealand. The presence of an H7N6 variant of ...
New Zealand's newly found bird flu virus poses low risk for public health
The high pathogenic type of bird flu recently confirmed in a New Zealand egg farm was not H5N1 strain that people are most worried about and would pos ...
Meat chickens not involved in avian flu scare, consumers unlikely to shy from New Zealand favourite meal
No meat chickens are involved in New Zealand’s first outbreak of a highly pathogenic bird flu that biosecurity officials are ...