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Deadly H5 bird flu found in local Australian seabird for first time

Photograph: imageBROKER/David & Micha Sheldon/Getty Images/imageBROKER RF
Photograph: imageBROKER/David & Micha Sheldon/Getty Images/imageBROKER RF

Native greater crested tern – a common coastal bird – tests positive for disease after being discovered at Robe on SA’s Limestone Coast

The first case of deadly H5 bird flu in local wildlife has been recorded in a bird found on the South Australian coast, with experts saying the discovery is an escalation of the disease’s arrival in the country.

Separately, tests on a young fur seal found on the New South Wales Central Coast returned a negative result for H5 bird flu on Friday night. The animal was found at Blue Bay and died on Thursday with tests undertaken as a precaution, the NSW government said on Friday

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