Thousands of Hens to Be Culled as Flu Hits Fifth Farm

Thousands of Hens to Be Culled as Flu Hits Fifth Farm
A test tube labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs in a picture illustration on Jan. 14, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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Tens of thousands of hens will be euthanised after a fifth Victorian poultry farm was plunged into lockdown due to an avian influenza detection.

Tests confirmed the highly pathogenic H7N3 strain of bird flu had been detected on the Lethbridge farm owned by Farm Pride in the state’s southwest, Agriculture Victoria said on June 7.