Migrating birds could bring lethal avian flu to Australia's vulnerable birds
- Written by: Parwinder Kaur, Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia
ShutterstockIn 2021, avian influenza evolved into a new form – a new and remarkably lethal variant first found in Europe.
Bird flu is usually most dangerous to birds kept in close quarters, such as chicken farms. But as it spread around the world, the highly pathogenic HPAI A(H5N1) variant began killing millions and millions of wild birds...
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