Bird Flu Suspected to Have Spread to Seal at Key Breeding Ground

Suspected bird flu death of second mammal in SA

A second marine mammal is suspected of dying from the H5N1 strain of bird flu in South Australia.

Second Seal Feared Infected With H5 Bird Flu in Australia

A second seal is suspected of contracting H5 bird flu in South Australia, just a day after the nation’s first confirmed case of the virus in a mammal. The latest suspected case, in a long-nosed fur seal, was found at The Pages Conservation Park between Kangaroo Island and the mainland. Biological material has been sent to CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) for testing. “The samples from new suspect events have been sent to…

Dead seal found on Wollongong beach to be tested for H5 bird flu

A deceased juvenile fur seal found on Coniston Beach will be tested for the strain of bird flu that has started causing wildlife deaths in Australia.

Bird flu suspected to have spread to seal at key breeding ground

A suspected case of bird flu has been detected in a seal at a key breeding ground, a day after Australia's first case of the virus in a mammal was confirmed.

Bird flu could wipe out endangered sea lion population

An endangered Australian seal population could be wiped out if a deadly bird flu strain infects its colonies, as authorities test a second marine mammal suspected to have contracted the virus. The first positive case of H5 bird flu in a mammal was confirmed on Sunday in a long-nosed fur seal at Beachport, 300km south of Adelaide, which authorities believed was contracted from wild birds. A second seal at The Pages Conservation Park was one of fi…