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With bird flu barrelling towards us, I just checked Birdlife Australia's advice regarding bird baths:
'As the virus appears in saliva and faeces, it can be transported easily in water, mud, sand and domestically, in chicken litter. Bird baths may still be used, provided they are cleaned frequently. This advice may change as the
presence of H5 bird flu in Australia escalates.'
I presume this advice also applies to backyard ponds used by birds. Does anyone have any more precise advice about frequency of cleaning, and what to clean birdbaths with? With a very dry and hot El Nino predicted for this spring
and summer, it's a conundrum whether to keep birds less stressed by supplying water, but at the risk of enabling the spread of infection.
Thanks
Mitchell Kelly
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