
Bird Flu Detected in New South Wales, Farm in Lockdown
Published on June 19, 2024
Bird flu has been detected at a farm in the Hawkesbury district of New South Wales (NSW), near Sydney. This comes after seven farms in Victoria were infected with avian flu during the months of May and June. The NSW farm has been placed into quarantine and the government is now working closely with the property to manage the outbreak. In an alert put out on June 19, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) explained the avian flu strain detected at the property is separate to that found in Victoria. “Avian influenza has been detected at commercial poultry farm in the Greater Sydney Basin on June 19, 2024,” DPI said....
