Agriculture Victoria has lifted quarantine on the final property infected by the H7 avian influenza outbreak that began in May 2024. The outbreak, the largest in Australia's history, impacted eight farms in southwestern Victoria. While the outbreak has been contained, a Victorian egg farmer warns of more frequent outbreaks and egg shortages due to the industry's shift away from caged eggs.
Agriculture Victoria has lifted quarantine on the last Victorian property infected by H7 avian influenza.
Quarantine measures have now been lifted on the last of the infected Victorian poultry properties, but a Victorian egg farmer is predicting more outbreaks more often as the industry shifts away from cage eggs.Victorian egg farmer Wes Humpage said he was disappointed with how the outbreak was managed and called for change.
"Ten thousand birds per hectare is the sort of free range we're talking about — inevitably you're exposing these birds to the outside world in an uncontrolled environment and with such high stocking density, it's really easy for disease to come through," Mr Humpage said. "It can also spread on the air, but it takes a lot longer to spread throughout the shed — that can happen in cage or free-range sheds."Ms Parkinson said the government's response to the outbreak "wasn't bad" but improvements could always be made."The longer it takes to clean up, the longer before birds can be back in their sheds — so that's the key to getting the system working as quickly as possible.
"The difficulty that government has is that they're bound by a whole lot of regulations that when you're cleaning up your farm you don't have to do.Agriculture Victoria said 1.3 million birds were killed across eight Victorian properties to prevent the spread of the two high pathogenicity bird flu strains.
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