Avian Influenza -- Australia
Thousands of emus and chickens will be killed after an outbreak of bird flu in regional Victoria. Veterinarians from Agriculture Victoria are on the farm in Kerang, 3 hours north of Melbourne, to euthanise the emu chicks.
The dramatic move came after 200 birds came down with avian influenza earlier this week, spreading to the emu farm in Kerang and an egg farm in the Golden Plains Shire. The detection of bird flu at the 2 new farms takes the total number of affected farms to 6, since the
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7723980&promed&0
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