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New bird flu strain in mammals overseas has Australian experts worried

The contagious H5N1 is carried by migrating birds. (Reuters: Ronen Zvulun)

Millions of birds have died from a new strain of avian flu sweeping the globe and while it has not been detected in Australia yet, experts are worried the virus also has been detected in mammals. 

The new H5N1 avian influenza strain has ripped through birds across every continent except for Australia and Antarctica, killing hundreds of millions of wild and farmed birds globally in the past year.

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