States and territories are urged to encourage free-range producers to keep their birds indoors where practical in an effort ...

CHRISTOPHE GATEAU/ AFP The bird flu has landed in Australia, and there are fears it's now ready for take-off to New Zealand.

Nervous times ahead for the NSW poultry industry, with one producer believing it is "only a matter of time" before commercial ...

A professor of virology and infectious diseases says there are still more questions than answers when it comes to H5N1’s spread among dairy cattle.

Surfers were the first to come into contact with South Australia’s first case of H5 bird flu. Picture 7NEWS The nation’s ...

The Department of Livestock Services said avian influenza has been contained in seven districts, while surveillance and ...

A suspected case of H5 bird flu has been detected in a giant petrel found near Hawks Nest on the mid-north coast of New South ...

The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...

Officials say chicken and egg supplies remain unaffected as poultry producers are urged to tighten biosecurity measures.

A bird found dead on a beach will be “presumed positive” for H5 avian influenza in a “precautionary” move after testing ...

Poultry farmers have been advised to keep free-range hens inside temporarily as authorities respond to an emerging bird flu threat.