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Vigilance urged as H7 avian influenza detected in Victoria

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South Australian backyard or commercial poultry owners are being urged to closely monitor their flocks and report any signs of disease following the confirmation of highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza at an egg farm in northern Victoria.

Importantly, this is not the H5N1 strain that is currently circulating globally, and Australia remains the only continent free from this strain.

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