Authorities said the detection was expected due to ongoing investigation and surveillance.
has widened to a fourth poultry farm, in what authorities said was expected due to ongoing investigations.
"This detection is not unexpected and is the result of comprehensive and ongoing surveillance activities within the restricted and control areas," the department said in a statement.Victoria's bird flu outbreak has widened to a fourth poultry farm. Farm Pride Foods' site in Lethbridge near Meredith confirmed its own positive testThe poultry farms, three near Meredith and one near Terang, all have high pathogenicity of two different strains of the virus.
"All properties have been placed in quarantine and all poultry will be safely disposed of," Agriculture Victoria said in its latest update.Restricted and control areas near Meredith due to Victoria's bird flu outbreak. Australia recorded its, when a child caught a severe case of the inflection while in India and reported feeling sick in Victoria.
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