A cheetah, a mountain lion and a kookaburra have died after catching H5N1 bird flu at a zoo in the US state of Arizona.

The new strain of bird flu detected in the country would not cause a spike in egg and chicken prices, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). This, after the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) ...

Both state and federal health officials stressed that the risk of the general public contracting bird flu is low.