'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 bird flu has today spoken of
Bird flu outbreak: Culling of 80,000 chickens expected to start 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 way today. They will
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 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.
Further bird flu cases on Otago egg farm
Biosecurity New Zealand says testing has confirmed further cases of avian influenza in chickens on a Mainland Poultry-managed commercial egg farm in
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,
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.
All poultry exports on hold until NZ free of highly pathogenic bird flu
The Biosecurity Minister has also confirmed the farm at the centre of the outbreak had an outbreak of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Type 1 in 2019.
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 ...
Months of getting prepared for highly pathogenic avian flu
Since a deadly strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, started circulating around the world, New ...
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 ...
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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 ...