Bird flu has been detected on the peninsula for the first time on Wednesday 12 August, raising concerns about bird colonies on the peninsula, Western Port Bay, and the highly suspectable little penguins at Phillip Island. The News believes the peninsula detection was at St Andrews Beach, and the Phillip Island detection was at Seal Rocks. The arrival of the H5N1 bird flu comes a day after the federal government announced vaccines would be made available for the colony of little penguins at Phillip Island. More than 5,000 penguins at Phillip Island and St Kilda expected to be vaccinated as…
Browsing: H5 Bird Flu
H5 bird flu has been detected in Victoria for the first time, with one greater crested tern at Portland confirmed positive and a second suspected of carrying the virus. Wildlife Victoria said it was first alerted after a concerned member of the public called about a tern displaying symptoms of the virus. It advised the caller to avoid handling the bird and to contact the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline immediately. Wildlife Victoria monitored the case until Agriculture Victoria responders arrived to contain and test the bird, which returned a positive result for H5 bird flu. A second greater crested tern…