10 Dec 2024

Avian Flu and your pet fowl

From Afternoons, 1:14 pm on 10 December 2024

80 thousand chickens will be culled in Otago after the high pathogenic strain of avian influenza known as H7N6 was found.

It's a stressful time for commercial poultry farmers and the industry in general. But residential owners of pets like ducks and chickens are also worried and batting down the hatches.

Evie Batten and her internet famous muscovy duck Pippi are ready for whatever comes.

Pippi the duck and his owner Evie Batten

Photo: Evie Batten

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