00:02Exposed to the open ocean, Moreton Island's eastern shore was the scene of a worrying discovery.
00:08We've had a suspect positive case of H5 bird flu here in Queensland.
00:14A petrol found washed up last Saturday has tested positive for the virus in a local lab.
00:20In line with protocol, it's been sent to Victoria for further testing.
00:24For confirmation.
00:25Globally, H5 bird flu has had a devastating impact on some wild bird and mammal populations.
00:33In other parts of the world, bird flu has decimated up to 50% of entire populations of things like
00:40pelicans and seabirds.
00:42It can run rampant in poultry farms, though there have been no cases of the H5 strain in chicken meat
00:49or egg farms here.
00:50They are well prepared, they know what they need to do for their biosecurity and they're doing it.
00:55We've invested early and made sure we're as prepared as we possibly can be.
00:59But obviously this is a very virulent strain and it's highly contagious.
01:03Seventeen cases of the H5 strain of avian influenza have been detected in wild birds nationally since last month.
01:11Ten in Western Australia, five in South Australia and two in New South Wales.
01:16The Australian Centre for Disease Control says the risk to human health is low.
01:22Bird flu rarely spreads to humans and transmission between people is also very rare.
01:29Conservationists want governments to spend more money to protect wildlife.
01:33Other actions to give them more resilience to protect them because if they're going to decline by 30 or 40
01:39% we need to do everything else we can.
01:41Anyone who finds a sick or dead bird is cautioned not to touch it and to report it to the
01:47Emergency Animal Disease Hotline.
01:49Because of the
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