Avian Flu Diary

Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

Monday, August 03, 2026

Australia Confirms First Mass Mortality Event (Birds) on Baudin Rocks Island

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Video : @abcnewsaustralia #19,275 While there was little doubt of the outcome, for the past 2 days we've been waiting for test result...

Sunday, August 02, 2026

Australia: Updated H5N1 Detections In Wild Birds (n=62)

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#19,274 While we are still awaiting results from the mass mortality event on Baudin rocks , CSIRO has confirmed 3 more South Australian b...

Finland Reports 1st ASF Detection - Switzerland Investigating Unidentified Bovine Disease

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Note: Many countries are slow or reluctant to report outbreaks. #19,273 Although we spend most of our time looking at zoonotic diseases in ...

Saturday, August 01, 2026

Australia: SA Confirms 19 More Birds with H5N1 - Mass Mortality Event On Offshore Islet - Victoria Update

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#19,272 While Australia's first detection of H5N1 was in in Western Australia, and at least 5 states have now reported infected birds,...

Friday, July 31, 2026

WHO WPRO Reporting 4 More H9N2 Cases on Chinese Mainland

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#19,271 Three days ago we looked at an HK report on 3 recent human infections with avian H9N2 on the Chinese Mainland ( Guangxi Province,...

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Australia: CSIRO Reports 4 H5 Positive Crested Tern Samples from Kangaroo Island

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Credit Wikipedia #19,270 No sooner has I posted my last blog when the following statement was posted on the Australian government website:...

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