New Zealand Suspends Poultry Exports

New Zealand finds bird flu case at egg farm, suspends poultry exports
New Zealand has halted all poultry exports after confirming its first case of bird flu on an egg farm in the southern region of Otago. Exports of poultry products worth about NZ$190 million (US$112 million) a year will cease until New Zealand can once again attest to being free of bird flu,
New Zealand suspends poultry exports after first case of H7 bird flu
New Zealand said on Monday that it had suspended all poultry exports after detecting a highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza at a poultry farm on the South Island. Tests confirmed the H7N6 subtype of bird flu at a rural chicken farm in the Otago region,
NZ’s first case of high pathogenic strain of bird flu found on Otago egg farm
The Government is confident its teams will be able to eradicate the high pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu, which has been found at an Otago farm. The Ministry for Primary Industries said laying hens foraging outside were thought to have been infected with the H7N6 strain through a low pathogenic virus from wild waterfowl.
Bird flu found on Otago egg farm
Biosecurity New Zealand says it has placed strict movement controls on a commercial egg farm in Otago. Stuart Anderson, Biosecurity New Zealand
New Zealand Says Bird Flu Found at Egg Farm Is Not H5N1 Strain
New Zealand has placed strict movement controls on a commercial egg farm in the southern region of Otago after testing confirmed its chickens are infected with bird flu, but said it is not the strain causing concern globally.
New Zealand reports first case of H7 bird flu
International: Tests showed a rural chicken farm in the Otago region identified the H7N6 subtype, Biosecurity New Zealand said in a statement. It is not the H5N1 type that has spread globally and raised fears of human transmission.
Country's first case of high pathogenic bird flu found on Otago egg farm
There are 40,000 chickens inside the shed where the high pathogenic bird flu has been identified.
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