Australia Confirms First H5N1 Avian Influenza Case in Migratory Bird

Australia. The Australian government has confirmed the infection of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza in a migratory bird found in Western Australia.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Julie Collins, informed at a press conference in Canberra on Saturday that a brown skua found in a national park in southern Western Australia on June 14 has been confirmed to have died due to H5N1 infection.