A Victorian egg producer will destroy tens of thousands of hens after avian influenza was detected at a second farm, bringing the number impacted to five.
Tens of thousands of hens will be culled after a fifth Victorian poultry farm was plunged into lockdown due to an avian influenza detection. Tests confirmed the highly pathogenic H7N3 strain of bird flu had been detected on the Lethbridge farm owned by Farm Pride in the state's southwest, Agriculture Victoria said on Friday.
Two farms operated by Avgo and Surf Coast Eggs Farms in Meredith and Terang euthanised about 500,000 birds after testing for two different strains on May 22. A fourth farm within the Meredith and Lethbridge area was confirmed to have avian influenza on Wednesday. A control area buffer zone is in place, bound by Bacchus Marsh Road in the east and Colac-Ballarat Road on the western boundary. Victoria's chief veterinary officer Graeme Cooke said the newest detection was not unexpected.
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