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SA unveils biosecurity plan after avian flu ravages Marion Island
The virus has claimed 150 wandering albatross chicks, but adults in other species are a bigger concern, says the Department ...
Marion Island confirms H5N1 outbreak as NSPCA calls for intervention
Experts warn that South Africa is on the brink of an avian influenza disaster, urging the government to act swiftly to ...
Bird flu hits world’s biggest wandering albatross colonies
A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a ...
Avian influenza identified in six bird species on Marion Island
The deaths of adult seabirds are of great concern as most species only start to breed at 3 to 10 years of age, and most ...
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Tests confirm presence of high pathogenicity avian flu on South Africa’s Marion Island
“Following an initial suspected HPAI case in a brown skua at Marion Island — a bird showing clinical signs of HPAI infection including twitching and tremors — in mid-September 2024, more ...
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It’s a mice-eat-bird world on Marion Island, but scientists plan to exterminate these invasive rodents
Conservationists are planning a mass extermination using helicopters and hundreds of tons of rodent poison, which needs to be dropped over every part of Marion Island’s 115 square miles (297 sq ...
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Deadly bird flu detected on SA's Marion Island, but so far no mammals affected
Six bird species on Marion Island, about 2000km southeast of Cape Town, have been infected by a deadly bird flu known as H5N1 ...