A New South Wales poultry farm is under quarantine following a detection of bird flu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries has confirmed an outbreak of HPAI H7N8 strain of avian influenza in the Greater Sydney Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The virus was detected on the egg farm in the Hawkesbury district and was confirmed by testing by the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The HPAI H7N8 strain is not the same as the H5N1 strain that is causing concern globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also not connected to the Victorian outbreak of the of the H7N3 and H7N9 strains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australian Eggs managing director Rowan McMonnies said birds on the farm would be euthanased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I don’t have the precise number, but I do know that it was a fairly large farm. I think there were more than 100,000 birds involved,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“So it’s very significant blow obviously to the farm involved, but then also on the industry at large.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, NSW Agriculture Minster Tara Moriarty said the the detection was understood be a “separate spill-over event”, potentially from wild birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The detection has triggered the NSW government’s Emergency Animal Disease Response, including an individual biosecurity direction to the farm and business to close it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A formal control order will be declared this afternoon that will extend biosecurity control to a radius of 1\u20132 kilometres around the farm site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr McMonnies hoped the early detection would help prevent further spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Australia’s wild birds are dishing up a tough winter for Australian Eggs’ farmers and the timing of this strain emerging is remarkable given the challenges we’ve faced in Victoria in recent weeks,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“So much great work has been done in Victoria to contain cases of avian influenza to a defined area and we expect to see a similar outcome in New South Wales.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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