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 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.
Beyond 'Depopulation': The Brutal Truth Of New Zealand's Bird Flu Outbreak
The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is extremely concerned by the mass cull following New Zealand’s first confirmed outbreak of bird flu at an Otago egg farm. The devastating outbreak exposes the brutal reality hidden behind industrial farming practices and the sanitised language used to dismiss the scale of the wholesale slaughter.
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 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.
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 hens died, the Ministry for Primary Industries 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 reports first case of H7 bird flu
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm in New Zealand's South Island, authorities said on Monday (Dec 2), the first time the island nation has reported a highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza.
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,
H5N1 strain of bird flu can spread through air, study finds
A recent study shows a mild increase in the H4N1 strain of bird flu transmissibility through air compared to older variants.
Bird flu: Otago Mainland Poultry boss on stressful time as 80,000 hens culled
The chief executive of the poultry farm at the centre of a highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak says his team is facing a ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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New Zealand detects first H5N1 outbreak
A highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been detected in New Zealand for the first time, putting the country’s poultry industry ...
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 ...