25.10.2013

The NSW Department of Primary Industries reports a second outbreak of H7 avian influenza near Young, in south-west New South Wales.

It says the virus has spread about 35 kilometres from the first outbreak in the area last week, where culling of 400,000 chickens has just been completed.

Initial testing at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute confirmed the virus earlier today and the infected property has been placed under strict quarantine.