4 Dec 2024

Second Otago chicken farm in isolation, testing underway

From Checkpoint, 4:06 pm on 4 December 2024

A second Otago free range chicken farm is in isolation and testing is underway after birds started showing signs of illness and a number have died. The property has about six thousand birds and is not owned by Mainland poultry, but MPI is investigating whether it is linked to the Mainland farm with the confirmed outbreak. Associate Agriculture Minister and Minister for Biosecurity Andrew Hoggard spoke to Lisa Owen.