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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Calla Wahlquist

Bird flu detected at egg farm in Sydney’s Hawkesbury

An egg production farm
An egg production farm. Bird flu has been detected at a farm in the Hawkesbury region in Sydney’s north. Photograph: Edwin Remsberg/Getty Images

Avian influenza has been detected at an egg farm on the northern fringes of Greater Sydney, the first time the virus has been found in New South Wales in 11 years.

The virus at the farm in Hawkesbury was identified as the H7N8 strain – different from the outbreaks of the H7N3 and H7N9 strains first detected in Victoria one month ago.

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