First NT detection of Hendra virus in a bat The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has confirmed the Northern Territory’s first detection of Hendra virus in a bat, following a positive test result on 11 December 2025.

🦇 #OneHealth Update: First confirmed #HendraVirus detection in a bat in the Northern Territory. Risk to horses & people remains unchanged, #biosecurity is key.
For prevention measures, check DAF announcement bit.ly/4rYK8ii
💉Horse vaccination against HeV is recommended

Hendra virus detected in the NT for the first time Horse owners in the Northern Territory are being encouraged to vaccinate their animals after a bat tested positive for Hendra virus, in the territory's first confirmed case.

Hendra virus detected in the NT for the first time #Hendravirus #horses #northernterritory

Hendra virus found in the NT for the first time Horse owners in the Northern Territory are being encouraged to vaccinate their animals after a bat tested positive for Hendra virus, in the territory's first confirmed case.

⚠️🐎 Hendra virus has been confirmed in the Northern Territory for the first time. #Horse owners urged to vaccinate animals after bat tests positive to #HendraVirus in the #NorthernTerritory #NT #Auspol #Australia #Equine #AnimalWelfare #Veterinary #VetMed 🐎⚠️

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CSIRO researchers discover new bat-borne virus: Salt Gully virus A newly discovered virus in Australian bats is helping strengthen Australia’s defences against emerging infectious diseases.

Novel #henipavirus identified by CSIRO scientists from urine samples collected from bats in Queensland over a decade ago. Named Salt Gully virus, a relative of #Hendravirus
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@csiro.bsky.social
#FlyingFoxes #AustralianCentre4DiseasePreparedness

New Henipavirus Discovered in Australian Bats Salt Gully virus, a novel henipavirus found in Australian bats, offers key insights for science and global health monitoring.

New #henipavirus discovered in #Australian #bats ...

| #virus | #Hendravirus | #pathogens | #Angavokely | Via globalbiodefense .com

Australian scientists closer to Hendra virus vaccine thanks to an alpaca named Pedro Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...

Promising news regarding #HendraVirus treatment for humans, developed by UQ researchers. Very timely given the recent Hendra virus case in a horse in QLD www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

For #BiodiversityDay, learn how ecosystem health impacts us all.

In this OWOH #podcast, Raina Plowright of @cornellvet.bsky.social explains how the #HendraVirus spreads from flying foxes to horses & humans & native trees could be part of the solution.

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Epidemiology of human contacts of equine Hendra virus infection in northern New South Wales, Australia, 2006–2023 Hendra virus is an important zoonotic pathogen in Australia, with widespread presence in flying fox reservoirs and serious health consequences for horses and humans. This study describes the epidemiol...

#OneHealth Research Alert 📢Epidemiology of human contacts of equine #HendraVirus infection in northern New South Wales, Australia, 2006–2023 onehealth.ijidonline.org/article/S294...

Hundreds of vials of DEADLY viruses have gone missing from a lab About 323 samples of Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus are still unaccounted for after going missing from Queensland's Public Health Virology Laboratory in August 2023.

A #virus #LabLeak that can't be called a theory or #ConspiracyTheory as nearly 100 vials of #HendraVirus, two vials of #Hantavirus, and 223 vials of #LyssaVirus .. go missing?

Here we go .. again? And again and again? 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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Australia, 323 vials containing deadly viruses disappear from laboratory An investigation launched after vials with deadly viruses such as Hendra and Hantavirus were discovered to have disappeared. The vials disappeared in 2021, but the discovery was not made until two years later There is a mystery in Australia over the…

Australia, 323 vials containing deadly viruses disappear from laboratory #Australia #Viruses #HealthSafety #LaboratoryMystery #HendraVirus

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#QLDpol #LNPQLD
#AUSpol 🦘