"Avian flu outbreak spreads to new species in Australia"

https://au.news.yahoo.com/avian-flu-outbreak-spreads-to-new-species-in-australia-013155587.html

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Six farms have now been infected across one state, impacting the supply of some supermarket products.
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Won't someone think of the precious supply of Daffy?

Another news item on this:

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-06-13/bird-flu-hits-australian-duck-farm

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Neither strain is the H5N1 type that has infected billions of wild and farmed animals globally, upsetting food supply chains and raising fears of human transmission.

"Tests have confirmed the high pathogenicity H7N3 strain at a commercial duck farm," Victoria's agriculture department said in a statement on Thursday.
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The animal industry and its consumers are working hard to unleash novel pandemics without the use of labs.

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