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Duncan Murray and Farid Farid

Bird flu strain was always expected to reach Australia

Native birds and other animals could be at risk from a major outbreak of a deadly flu strain. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Cases of a new strain of bird flu were always expected to reach Australia's shores at some point, with the disease now detected across two states.

A South Australian wildlife rescue centre where a migratory bird tested positive for H5N1 bird flu remained in lockdown as of Thursday.

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