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. 2020 May 11:10:100139.
doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100139. eCollection 2020 Dec.

An overview of avian influenza in the context of the Australian commercial poultry industry

Angela Scott  1 , Marta Hernandez-Jover  2 , Peter Groves  3 , Jenny-Ann Toribio  3
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An overview of avian influenza in the context of the Australian commercial poultry industry

Angela Scott et al. One Health. .

Abstract

From 1976 Australia has experienced seven highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry farms and there have been a total of 16 confirmed low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) cases in poultry in Australia at the time of writing. This paper describes all past LPAI and HPAI detections in Australian poultry and reviews avian influenza risk in the Australian commercial chicken industry. The factors that influence this risk are also discussed; notably the nomadic nature of Australian waterfowl, the increasing demand of free range poultry egg and meat production in Australia, and biosecurity practices implemented across farms including farm separations.

Keywords: Australia; Avian influenza; Chicken; Poultry; Risk.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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The number of AI detections in domestic poultry in Australia by pathotype (HPAI and LPAI) per year.
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