HealthMore than 1,000 birds die in three South Australian mass mortality events amid H5 escalation
South Australia’s premier, Peter Malinauskas, described a significant escalation in H5 bird flu after more than 1,000 greater crested terns were found dead across three offshore-island sites. A suspected case in a little penguin on Kangaroo Island is under investigation, while Tasmania is testing 28 dead little penguins on King Island. No poultry, livestock or mammal outbreaks have been detected.
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More than 1,000 birds die in three South Australian mass mortality events amid H5 escalation
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