00:02At this jetty in Southend, authorities fear bird flu is spreading among the native species.
00:08Five greater crested terns were collected here over two days.
00:12One was dead and the other four were sick.
00:14These have now been raced off to the CSIO laboratory to see if we can determine whether or not
00:19that means that we have local transmission here in Australia or not.
00:23It's not a welcome development.
00:25Another two suspected H5 cases found at Cape Jaffa and Port McDonnell.
00:30Until we have further analysis, we don't know how this disease is moving through the birds.
00:34The seven suspected cases are on top of 20 already confirmed across the country,
00:39including two birds in robe and semaphore that were tested over the weekend.
00:42It's certainly adding up to something that could be turning fairly rapidly
00:48into a catastrophic wildlife disease emergency.
00:53Overseas, the H5 strain has spread across entire continents in a matter of months.
00:59But given it's never been in Australia before, authorities say it's hard to predict how quickly it will move.
01:05We are preparing for the worst.
01:07Based on what we've seen overseas, there has been really significant wildlife impacts in particular.
01:11At this time there are no mass mortalities.
01:14There is no evidence of any H5 bird flu in our poultry or agricultural systems.
01:19But that might not last.
01:21It's a very high possibility that it will eventually get into poultry.
01:25The local industry is ramping up its biosecurity efforts
01:28and keeping their poultry's water and food separate from wildlife.
01:31So they know that this potentially is very serious indeed.
01:35The CSIRO results are expected in the coming days.
01:38the quê helps do the same mail as well.
01:40Now with a project of NPM NYU and our ship's palliating has been done with some of the
01:44prior security parameters.
01:44You
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