Incident Information

Information is available on a number of current wildlife health incidents in Australia, as well as selected long-term health investigations and historic wildlife health incidents. Detailed information is available in the national electronic Wildlife Health Information System (eWHIS).

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Some recent incidents of national interest have been supplied as quick links in the side menu.

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Incident – Migratory shearwater mortalities – Nov 2024

Dead and debilitated migratory shearwaters have recently been found along beaches and coastlines in Qld, NSW, Vic and SA. The majority of the birds are short-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna...
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High pathogenicity avian influenza H7 outbreaks in poultry, Victoria, NSW and ACT - May & June 2024

Investigation of poultry illness and deaths in Victoria, in May-June 2024 and in NSW and ACT in June 2024, detected several different high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) viruses, strain...
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Incident - Flying-fox pup mortalities - 2023

Beginning in late October there have been increased reports of flying-fox pup mortalities in multiple states. Pups have been found dead in various locations in NSW and Qld. The...
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Alert - African swine fever and feral pigs - 2023

Members of the wildlife community should be alert to signs of disease in Australian feral pigs.  African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of feral and domestic pigs. It has...
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COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus)

Documents developed by WHA and links to other resources on COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus).

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