To protect our birds and your food, more than half a million chickens need to die. It’s a cold, harsh reality of Australia's tough biosecurity measures facing their latest test from avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.
That's the cold, harsh reality of Australia's tough biosecurity measures, facing their latest test from avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.
"The first thing that goes through my mind is it was detected and reported, which is fantastic because the last thing we want to have is a bird die off that is not reported," she said. Killing infected chickens helps protect the food system and stop one highly populated farm being the source of more widespread infection to other farms and back into the environment.
"But moving very quickly to control this disease saves the birds and the incomes of all the other farms in the area — indeed all of Australia."Vice president of the Victorian Farmers Federation Danyel Cucinotta is a third-generation egg farmer at Werribee, west of Melbourne — a long way from the infected farm.
He said any further outbreaks would be concerning as they could affect the supply chain, but currently consumers should not worry."Simply the supply and demand issue comes into play - there is less supply, therefore there is greater demand." "If anyone is concerned about eating eggs or poultry product, is just like any other kind of bacteria. As long as you cook them in their full capacity.
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