Avian Influenza

Avian influenza is causing chaos for poultry fanciers interstate, and now South Australian agricultural shows are barring interstate entrants or cancelling events to keep the disease out.

Despite poultry farmers being required to kill tens of thousands of their chickens to stop the spread of bird flu, the industry says it gets minimal financial support from government

Consumers can expect to pay more for eggs at the check-out in coming weeks as one of Australia's biggest fast-food retail chains limits its breakfast times.

Melbourne Royal Show cancels its poultry competition, as Victoria works to contain the country's largest outbreak of avian influenza.

Australia's avian influenza outbreak has spread to a farm in Canberra, which has been quarantined.

The ACT government says the case was detected at a Canberra farm and that the property has been quarantined.

An outbreak of bird flu has been detected on a second farm in Sydney's north-west, with more than 86,000 chickens to be culled.

When migratory birds return to Australia in spring they could bring the devastating strain of bird flu that has killed thousands of penguins in Antarctica, deeply worrying the people charged with protecting Victoria's little penguin colonies.

A strain of high pathogenicity avian influenza was detected on a poultry farm in the Hawkesbury this week, as other subtypes of bird flu have made its way across the country.

Avian influenza has been detected at a commercial poultry farm in the Greater Sydney Basin. The affected egg farm has implemented quarantine to prevent the movement of equipment and animals.

Poultry farmers continue to fight Australia's largest outbreak of avian influenza as the disease is detected at a seventh Victorian farm.

Backyard chicken owners are asked to do their bit as the poultry industry fights Australia's largest ever bird flu outbreak.

Coles is limiting purchases to two cartons of eggs per customer after Agriculture Victoria confirmed a fifth property was infected.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the child who contracted Australia's first human case of a "severe" subtype of bird flu was likely exposed during a trip to India last month.

A person with the first human case of a subtype of bird flu has died in Mexico City, says the World Health Organization.

Shoppers may see fewer eggs on shelves as four farms at the centre of bird flu outbreaks in Victoria are placed in quarantine.

Farm Pride Foods announces the viral strain detected at its Lethbridge aviary site is "the same strain found on an egg farm at Meredith" around 10 days ago.

Avian influenza is producing mild symptoms in the US dairy cattle and farm workers it is infecting, but experts say it is vital to get the virus "mopped up" before it has a chance to mutate.

With Australian officials closely monitoring local outbreaks of avian influenza, and another highly pathogenic strain wreaking havoc overseas, experts in infectious disease and public health say this is how we should prepare for the possibility of a future pandemic.

Japan has joined the United States in banning poultry imports from Victoria, as the state works to control two outbreaks of avian influenza.

A deadly strain of avian influenza wreaking havoc in Victoria is yet to make its way to Tasmania, keeping the state bird flu free. But Biosecurity Tasmania warns it won't stay this way forever, and is urging the state's agricultural industry to be extra vigilant.

A farmer in south-west Victoria is in the process of killing more than 500,000 chickens this week to help stop the spread of bird flu through Australia's poultry industry.

To protect our birds and your food, more than half a million chickens need to die. It’s a cold, harsh reality of Australia's tough biosecurity measures facing their latest test from avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

H7N3 avian influenza has spread to another poultry farm in Victoria, authorities have confirmed.

Two different strains of avian influenza — also known as "bird flu" — have been detected in Victoria. Here's what to know about bird flu, its risk of transmission to humans and what precautions to take against its spread.