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Bird flu decimated South America's marine mammals. What can Australia do differently?

Bird flu decimated South America's marine mammals. What can Australia do differently?WorldPing

Australia is now confronting an outbreak of a deadly bird flu strain. As of Monday, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus had been detected in 78 wild birds across mainland Australia. Until now, there had been no evidence of a large-scale outbreak.

This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by Phys.org.

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Ways to help protect Australia's birds and mammals from bird flu

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now spread from migratory birds to infect resident Australian birds. Clusters of dead birds have been found in several locations. The virus will inevitably infect other wildlife, most notably mammals.

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org