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Jul 2024
55m 9s

South Australian Country Hour

ABC Radio
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New US research finds H5N1 bird flu in dairy herds is able to spread between cows through the air as well as milk, the country's largest and most lucrative pollination season starts in SA, NSW and Victoria, and the number of cattle offered for sale out of SA almost double what it was by this time last year.

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