The culling of 80,000 chickens to contain New Zealand’s first confirmed case of high pathogenic avian influenza H7N6, or bird ...

A leading virologist says she will not be surprised if the Otago bird flu outbreak continues to spread similar to a ...

“Tests from the Mainland Poultry managed farm have identified a high pathogenic H7N6 subtype of avian influenza. While it is ...

The high pathogenic avian influenza - otherwise known as bird flu - has been found on a free range chicken farm in North Otago. Laying hens foraging outside were thought to have been infected with the ...

Mainland Poultry is in full response mode and actively addressing the avian influenza situation on one of its South Island farms, Hillgrove Farm.

Officials have not yet found any links between a second chicken farm that has been isolated, and a poultry farm where bird ...

The high pathogenic type of bird flu recently confirmed in a New Zealand egg farm was not H5N1 strain that people are most worried about and would pos ...

The culling of 80,000 chickens to contain New Zealand’s first confirmed case of high pathogenic avian influenza H7N6, or bird flu, is expected to get under way today. They will ...

An Australian egg producer whose chickens were infected with bird flu has warned New Zealand farmers that it is likely to ...

Last week, avian influenza virus was detected for the first time in New Zealand. The presence of the H7N6 HPAI virus serotype ...

A family member of two workers at the Mainland Poultry free-range farm at the centre of New Zealand’s first confirmed case of ...

To try to prevent the further spread of the virus, around 80,000 layer hens across two sheds will be humanely culled using ...