What does the arrival of bird flu in Australia mean for poultry and will eggs be more expensive?
In the event of an H5 outbreak, farms would have to close for several months, with producers having to source new chickens and grow them to size
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An outbreak of the highly virulent bird flu strain H5N1 in commercial poultry flocks could push egg prices over $10 a carton, business groups have warned.
So far, there is https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/24/bird-flu-case-confirmed-south-australia-western-australia-suspected">no evidence that H5N1 bird flu has spread to poultry in Australia, following the first confirmed cases in wild birds across two states.
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