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Australian Government Confirms First Mainland Case of H5N1 Avian Influenza

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Canberra, June 20 (IANS) The Australian government has confirmed the first mainland case of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in a migratory bird found in Western Australia (WA).Julie Collins, minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, told reporters in Canberra on Saturday that testing by the Australian Center for Disease Preparedness confirmed that a brown skua found in a southern WA national park on June 14 had died from the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, Xin…