One of the nation’s major poultry producer Inghams has locked down its WA operations after H5N1 avian influenza was detected in two wild birds in Esperance.
Another suspected H5 bird flu case is being investigated after five giant petrels were found on an Esperance beach.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has suspended imports of Australian poultry and eggs after the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in seabirds in WA last week.
Two more dead birds found just across the WA border are currently being tested for H5N1 bird flu.
Australia’s Agriculture Minister has revealed live on air just how difficult H5 bird flu is to contain after a deadly outbreak.
As H5N1 bird flu threatens WA, see how the deadly disease spread from a commercial goose farm in China, to the first human transmission and death, eventually wreaking havoc across Asia and Europe.
The deadly strain of bird flu that arrived in Australia for the time last week has already caused the deaths of millions of birds and mammals around the world.