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Migratory wild bird
Coverage of Migratory wild bird in the Nexus archive.
- Mainland Australia’s first suspected case of deadly H5N1 bird flu investigated after sick bird found in WA
Australia's first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu is under investigation after a migratory wild bird was found sick in southern Western Australia. Initial tests in a WA laboratory returned a suspected positive result for avian influenza, according to agriculture minister Julie Collins, who noted no evidence of mass mortality or poultry infection.