Rainfall driven and wild-bird mediated avian influenza virus outbreaks in Australian poultry

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 High pathogenicity (HPAI) and low pathogenicity (LPAI) avian influenza virus outbreaks in commercial poultry across the Murray-Darling basin and close vicinity between 1976 and 2020

Year	Month	State	Location	Affected stock	HPAI / LPAI subtype	Reference
1976	January	Victoria	Keysborough (outer suburbs of Melbourne)	chicken, duck	HPAI, H7N7	[45]
1985	May	Victoria	Bendigo	chicken	HPAI, H7N7	[45]
1992	July	Victoria	West Victoria	duck	LPAI, H3N8	[51]
1992	July	Victoria	Bendigo	chicken, duck	HPAI, H7N3	[45, 49]
1994	December	Queensland	Lowood	chicken	HPAI, H7N3	[45]
1997	November	New South Wales	Tamworth	chicken, emu	HPAI, H7N4	[45, 50]
2006	October	New South Wales	Sydney Basin	chicken, duck	LPAI, H6N4	[45]
2010	March	New South Wales	Sydney basin	chicken	LPAI, H10N7	[46]
2012	January	Victoria	Melbourne	duck	LPAI, H5N3	[47, 48]
2012	April	New South Wales	Hunter Valley	turkey	LPAI, H9N2	[46]
2012	April	New South Wales	North Coast	duck	LPAI, H4N6	[46]
2012	November	New South Wales	Hunter Valley	chicken	HPAI, H7N7	[46]
2013	October	New South Wales	Young	chicken	HPAI, H7N2	[48]
2020	July	Victoria	Lethbridge	chicken	HPAI, H7N7	[48]
2020	August	Victoria	Lethbridge	turkey	LPAI, H5N2	[48]
2020	August	Victoria	Kerang	emu	LPAI, H7N6	[48]

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