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giant petrel
Coverage of giant petrel in the Nexus archive.
- NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast
New South Wales has its first suspected case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a giant petrel found near Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. Testing by CSIRO is underway to confirm if it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, which would mark the first detection of the disease on Australia’s east coast.
- Australia reports first case of H5 bird flu, virus spreads to every continent
Australia reported its first case of H5 bird flu, which has now spread to every continent. The case was detected in a migratory sea bird, a brown skua, in Western Australia, confirmed by the national science agency, with another bird, a giant petrel, showing suspected positive results.