More than one million chickens and ducks to be put down to stop the spread of bird flu in Australia t.co/z582S6Ckaf
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More than one million birds, including chickens and ducks, will be euthanised across seven properties in Victoria, with depopulation continuing due to the spread of bird flu.
More than one million birds will die in an effort to minimise the ultimate destruction caused by bird flu outbreaks in Victoria.
Agriculture Victoria says the birds will be euthanised across seven infected properties, with depopulation continuing.
The authority confirmed earlier in the week the highly pathogenic H7N3 strain of bird flu was found at a seventh Victorian farm – already in quarantine – in the Golden Plains Shire in the state’s central west.