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Kat Wong

Uncertainty for wildlife as killer bird flu detected

The H5 strain of bird flu has been detected in a brown skua on a remote beach southeast of Perth. (Paul Carter/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians are being urged to avoid but record and report sick animals following the first-time detection of a deadly avian disease on the mainland.

Confirmation of H5 bird flu was announced on Saturday after a sick brown skua was found on a remote beach in Cape Le Grand National Park near Esperance, about 700km southeast of Perth.

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