Second bird flu case confirmed

Marian Macdonald
Updated August 12 2020 - 2:08pm, first published August 7 2020 - 6:25am
BIRD FLU TWO: A second case of bird flu has been confirmed within a week in Victoria. File photo.
BIRD FLU TWO: A second case of bird flu has been confirmed within a week in Victoria. File photo.

A second egg farm near Lethbridge has now also tested positive for H7N7 avian influenza, known as 'bird flu', just a week after the first case was announced on July 31.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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