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Tasmania vaccinates critically endangered parrots as H5 bird flu spreads

Vaccination efforts underway for 350 captive orange-bellied parrots as H5 bird flu detected across Tasmania.

What to know

  • H5 bird flu has spread across Tasmania, triggering emergency vaccination of a critically endangered species.
  • About 350 captive orange-bellied parrots will be vaccinated over the coming months to protect the population.

“H5 bird flu has now been detected across Tasmania, with vaccination efforts for captive orange-bellied parrots, which are critically endangered, getting underway.”

ABC Australia · ABC News · Aug 31

Australian state government (Tasmania) Public health authority

The record 4 articles and posts · last 25 days

  1. Vaccination of orange-bellied parrots begins as deadly bird flu spreads press · ABC Australia · Sandy Powell · 24d ago
  2. Vaccination of orange-bellied parrots begins as deadly bird flu spreads - ABC News & Headlines press · Google News · Nation · Australian Broadcasting Corporation · 24d ago
  3. Tasmania begins vaccinating 350 orange-bellied parrots against bird flu press · Google News · Nation · Pulse Tasmania · 24d ago
  4. Bird flu spreads in Tasmania as vaccination of orange-bellied parrots begins The state government says about 350 birds… post · Mastodon · jhaue@aus.social · 24d ago · 1▲