SYDNEY: Australia is checking for any sign of “entrenched” H5 bird flu in its wildlife after detecting the country’s first two cases, the government said Monday. Scientists confirmed at the weekend they had found the disease in a migratory sea bird, a brown skua, in remote Western Australia. Tests from another sick bird in the same area, a giant petrel, have now verified that it also had the H5 strain, officials said.

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is suspected to have reached mainland Australia for the first time.

A single migratory wild bird in Western Australia has been detected with the disease, triggering fears a deadly strain may have reached our shores.

Agriculture minister says no evidence of mass mortality or infection in poultry as WA authorities say a second bird is sick and being tested

Migratory seabird known as brown skua tests positive for avian influenza

Amidst the deadly scare of bird flu, Australia was the only continent that was untouched by the highly destructive global H5 bird flu strain and was safe until a dead migratory…

A migratory sea bird known as a brown skua found in Western Australia's Cape Le Grand National Park tested positive for avian influenza.

Australia's first case of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza has been confirmed.

The findings were verified by Australia's national science agency, prompting authorities to activate emergency response measures and convene top animal health and agricultural…

The deadly H5 variant of avian influenza has been detected in a bird that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia's south, the first time the disease has been found in…

Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday.

SYDNEY June 20 — Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country’s agriculture minister said on Saturday, meaning the highly...

Officials say the risk to humans remains low as further tests are underway.

The first case of H5 bird flu in mainland Australia has been confirmed.

For years Australia has remained the last continent to avoid the deadly H5 strain of avian influenza.

An emergency meeting of animal health and agriculture officials in the country has been held to consider a national response.

Tests taken in Western Australia suggest a second bird was also infected, but there is no evidence poultry or agriculture systems are affected

A migratory sea bird tested positive for the contagious H5 variant of bird flu in Western Australia. Up until now Australia was the only continent which had not detected the…

Testing had confirmed the bird, found sick near Esperance, a town about 570 km southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, had the deadly strain.

The first infection of H5 bird flu in Australia has been confirmed, sparking warnings an outbreak will cause widespread animal deaths.

Australia confirms its first case of the highly contagious H5 bird flu strain in a wild migratory bird, raising concerns about global spread.