Bird Flu (H7N3) Detected at Fourth Victorian Farm

A fourth case of highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected in Victoria, leading to a farm being placed in quarantine. Tests have identified the H7N3 strain of avian influenza at a poultry farm within the Golden Plains Shire, west of Melbourne. This comes amid the World Health Organisation advising of the first global death of influenza A (H5N2) in Mexico. The latest farm in Victoria is within a restricted area where movement controls were already in place due to the bird flu being detected at other properties. Agriculture Victoria noted consumers do not need to be worried about eggs and poultry products from the supermarket....