Jun 22, 2026 – 5.56pmPoultry giant Ingham’s locked down chicken farms in Western Australia after at least two cases of H5N1 bird flu were confirmed on the state’s remote south coast and authorities raced to work out whether the virus is spreading nationwide through vulnerable wildlife.Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins on Monday confirmed a northern giant petrel found near Esperance was the second case of avian influenza, just days after another seabird found on a nearby beach became the first known case of the disease that has swept across most of the rest of the world.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Chicken giant locks down farms as second bird flu case is confirmed
One of the nation’s biggest chicken producers has locked down its west coast farms as a second case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in Western Australia.
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