Wildlife rescuers are increasing measures to prevent the potential spread of the deadly bird flu strain H5N1, which is yet to arrive in Australia, as they respond to reports of thousands of dead shearwaters along the east coast.
Wildlife rescuers are increasing measures to prevent the potential spread of bird flu strain H5N1 , which is yet to arrive in Australia.Thousands of dead birds washing up on east coast beaches are being tested by the state government for precautionary early detection of H5N1 .
From October to November, migrating short-tailed shearwaters travel to their breeding sites along the Australian east coast from places like Siberia, Japan and South America. The highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 is the deadliest strain of bird flu which is causing widespread mass mortality events globally in poultry, wild birds and mammals.Ms Donovan said volunteers from Wildlife Rescue South Coast had undertaken online meetings and bird flu training sessions with the Australian government.
Dr Laver said global data revealed migratory shorebird deaths were becoming "more frequent and larger in scale". "The misinformation we're seeing that tens of thousands of long-lived shorebirds now dead across thousands of kilometres of coastline is 'normal' is incredibly incorrect," she said.
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