The contaminated site is home to about 80,000 free range hens.
A third Victorian poultry farm has detected a high strain of the bird flu and has been placed into quarantine.
Another separate site in the same area, which has about 40,000 free-range hens, is now being monitored and tested. "Tests have now confirmed the high pathogenicity H7N3 strain of the avian influenza virus at the property," the department said in its latest update. The bird flu is a highly contagious viral disease that has led to major species population deaths across the globe.
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