Producers across an enormous stretch of southern WA are facing a tense few days, as authorities investigate more than 50 dead birds found along the state's southern coast.

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.

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

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

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.

Testing took place overnight with the WA state government confirming on Saturday morning that a multi-agency approach to the outbreak is now being coordinated.

Australia confirmed its first mainland H5N1 bird flu case in a seabird near Esperance, WA.

Strain found in a migratory seabird in Western Australia. Authorities say there is no evidence of infections in poultry, while experts warn of risks to wildlife populations.

The association has cancelled a poultry show planned for July and is urging owners to restrict bird movements and reduce contact with wild birds.

Testing is still under way on a second bird after Australia's first case of the deadly H5 bird flu was confirmed on WA's south coast.

The H5N1 strain has been confirmed in a northern giant petrel, near where the virus was first detected in Western Australia.

The H5N1 variant of the virus was confirmed in a sick brown skua found on a remote beach near Esperance in Western Australia, about 700km southeast of Perth.

Poultry producer Inghams announces move after brown skua confirmed to have virus and petrel being tested, in first cases seen on Australia’s mainland

A second bird found sick on a remote beach in Western Australia's south coast has now tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, authorities have confirmed.

Six more birds are being tested as officials stress the outbreak appears isolated.

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…

Ingham’s announces ‘complete lockdown’ as a second case of bird flu in wild birds has been discovered in Western Australia

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.

A migratory seabird found near Esperance has become the second bird to test positive to the H5 avian flu in Australia