A syndicate of 80 poultry breeders have won a second Supreme Court injunction in relation to the destruction order of 4000 chicks which was issued by the Federal Agriculture Department.
The destruction order was issued last Friday due to a single salmonella infection which killed one of the birds. The incident was found to be an isolated one, with the disease being species-specific, and therefore non-threatening to humans, the Weekly Times Now reports.
The Australian Poultry Importation Syndicate sourced the rare imported chicks from across the UK as part of a $500,000, 10 year breeding program and were due to be released to breeders later this month.
The birds are currently still being held in quarantine at Torrens Island where they have been since April.
A second court hearing on the order is expected to take place in Adelaide within the coming week.