Avian influenza: is Australia a sitting duck?

Although avian flu viruses usually only cause mild symptoms in wild birds, some (most notably the H5 and H7 strains) cause widespread, highly contagious and fatal disease (referred to as 'highly pathogenic avian influenza' (HPAI), or 'avian flu') in domestic poultry. A strain of...

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Published: Uncategorised 2004
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Avian flu
Online Access:http://apo.org.au/node/8420
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spelling ftapo:oai:apo.org.au:8420 2023-05-15T15:34:09+02:00 Avian influenza: is Australia a sitting duck? Australia 2004-03-02 00:00:00 http://apo.org.au/node/8420 unknown Uncategorised http://apo.org.au/node/8420 Report 2004 ftapo 2020-05-20T09:43:49Z Although avian flu viruses usually only cause mild symptoms in wild birds, some (most notably the H5 and H7 strains) cause widespread, highly contagious and fatal disease (referred to as 'highly pathogenic avian influenza' (HPAI), or 'avian flu') in domestic poultry. A strain of HPAI known as 'H5N1' is currently sweeping across much of Asia. Nigel Brew assesses the situation in this current issues brief. Report Avian flu Australian Policy Online (Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology)
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