Samples have been sent to the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness at Geelong to determine the strain of the disease, Agriculture Victoria said. Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral ...

The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness or ACDP, has been at the forefront of testing and research on avian flu. It has detected the H5N1 strain to Australia’s north and south ...

Picture: CDC and NIAID/ AFP Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness director Debbie Eagles said the likelihood of the ...

CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness said the strain is different to the one that has been found in Victoria and likely came from a wild bird.

the Australian Centre for Disease Control, to strengthen the country’s preparedness and lead the fight in future outbreaks. It was an uncontroversial announcement – opposition health spokesman ...

“CSIRO will also offer access to its multidisciplinary expertise across animal and human health as well as its facilities, such as the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP), National ...

There are currently eight Victorian farms with avian influenza, two in New South Wales and one in the ACT. The United States is combating a H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, separate to Australia’s ...