Country's 1st case of bird flu found on Otago egg farm

New Zealand Says Bird Flu Found at Egg Farm Is Not H5N1 Strain
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.
First case of high pathogenic strain of bird flu found on Otago egg farm
The country’s first case of an avian influenza or bird flu has been identified on a commerical rural Otago egg farm.
Bird flu found on egg farm in Otago – Expert Reaction
A 'high pathogenic' type of bird flu was confirmed in an Otago egg farm over the weekend. The Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed the virus is not the H5N1 strain that has been causing deaths in poultry,
Bird flu found on Otago egg farm
Biosecurity New Zealand says it has placed strict movement controls on a commercial egg farm in Otago. Stuart Anderson, Biosecurity New Zealand
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 Reports First Case of H7 Bird Flu
Tests showed a rural chicken farm in the Otago region identified the H7N6 subtype, Biosecurity New Zealand said in a statement. It is not the H5N1 type that has spread globally and raised fears of human transmission.
New Zealand finds bird flu case at egg farm, suspends poultry exports
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,
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.
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