Avian influenza H5N1 in subantarctic region raise alert level for Australian islands
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu travelled 6,600 kilometres over the sea to Kerguelen Island, which is just 440km from Australia's Heard Island.
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Some of the most well-known include the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean, Spitsbergen off the coast of Norway, and Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. The latter is the only inhabited ...
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The eastern rockhopper penguin breeds on Prince Edward Island and the Marion Islands in South Africa, the Crozet Islands and Kerguelen Islands in the French Southern Territories, Australia's Heard and ...
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Avian influenza H5N1 in subantarctic region raise alert level for Australian islands
French scientists say the H5N1 strain of avian influenza travelled more than 5,000 kilometres from South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean to the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands in the ...