Support Australian producers when planning Christmas lunch

As the festive season draws closer, Australia’s supply of popular Christmas foods is plentiful, even with disruptions to the food sector due to the pandemic. Predictions are for record demand this Christmas as international travel restrictions keep Australians at home. Taking off following the bushfires and continuing during the pandemic, producers hope the buy-local trend…

Adaptability of bird flu poses threat to poultry

New insights from a study of the 2016/17 bird flu outbreak show how highly pathogenic bird flu viruses – which are likely to cause deadly disease in chickens – can be transmitted from wild migrating bird populations to domestic flocks and back again. Scientists have found these viruses can readily exchange genetic material with other…