Total Vet Care - Innaloo Veterinary Hospital

03/07/2026

H5 Avian Influenza Update

This is an evolving situation so the advice only applies to the current situation and is based on the advice provided today by the Animal Health Committee to all veterinarians.

MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE - If find sick or dead birds, ring the Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) hotline on 1800 675 888 immediately. Do not go near or handle these birds.

Cats
Have low chance of being infected but if do so, may show serious disease symptoms which may be fatal. Advice is:
1. Keep cats indoors so that they cannot come into contact with wild birds
2. Don't feed cats raw chicken or turkey meat or raw pet foods or unpasteurised dairy products

Dogs
Have low chance of infection but precautions should still be taken:
1. Don't feed raw chicken/turkey or raw pet foods or unpasteurised dairy products
2. Keep your dog on a leash if exercise in areas where may encounter water birds

Click on this link for further information for pet owners:
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/prepare-pets-wildlife-H5-bird-flu

Pet birds
Take precautions to eliminate or minimise contact with wild birds. Poultry are especially susceptible.
Click on this link for further information:
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/avian-influenza/help-protect/bird-owners -watch-for-signs-of-bird-flu

Injured or sick wild birds:
1. We advise to not handle sick or wild birds, especially water birds, predatory and scavenger birds.
2. DO NOT BRING A SICK BIRD INTO OUR PRACTICE. Please call the Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) hotline on 1800 675 888 and do not go near or handle these birds.

Symptoms of H5 Avian Influenza in birds and other species:
1. Neurological symptoms
2. Respiratory symptoms
3. Gastrointestinal symptoms
4. Sudden death

Further detailed information links are:
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/avian-influenza/resources

If you notice sick or dead birds or other animals, you should not touch them. If there are multiple dead birds or other animals, take photos or a video.Record your location and report it to the 24-hour Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.

30/03/2026

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28/12/2025

It's with a heavy heart we must advise that we had to euthanise our beautiful Maui yesterday due to her deteriorating health, with most of our staff by her side. She shone a bright light in this practice since arriving here as an injured and abandoned cat way back in July 2008. To say she was a special cat would be an understatement. She was a mother to sick puppies and kittens, a friend to dogs big and small, always ready for a pat or a hug from staff or clients and particularly loved children and small fluffy dogs. She was a gentle and loving soul who will be incredibly missed and leave a big hole in the practice. She will be reunited with her old friend Tom, who passed away in March 2021.