Sentinel chicken data

Arbovirus data

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

This dataset includes detections of three arboviruses (Murray Valley encephalitis, Kunjin and Japanese encephalitis) in sentinel chickens by location, local government area and local health district by the week ending Saturday (epidemiological week) from 2003 onwards. Chickens are bled weekly and tested for the presence of Murray Valley encephalitis, Kunjin and Japanese encephalitis.

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/670b37d9-d64c-430c-954f-7ba67f2c9dc3/resource/3009df05-2b08-494c-bb50-1d3a6539ea72/download/chickens.csv