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Mass bird-cull ordered to stop flu at second NSW farm

Bird flu has been detected at a second farm in a restricted biosecurity zone in regional NSW. (Steve Gray/AAP PHOTOS)

Avian influenza has been detected on a second poultry farm in the Hawkesbury district biosecurity control zone, northwest of Sydney.

The CSIRO's Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness confirmed a positive result for the H7N8 strain at the second property, NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said on Saturday. 

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