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An epidemiologist discusses how H5 bird flu is spreading through Australian wildlife after the first mass bird mortality was confirmed. She warns the virus could reach commercial poultry and potentially dairy farms with serious consequences.
Spread into commercial poultry or dairy herds would cut output and raise prices for eggs, chicken and milk. The risk is a forward-looking concern rather than a current supply change.
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