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File photo of a trumpeter swan in springtime on Marsh Lake, southeast of Whitehorse. (Scalia Media/iStock/Getty Images)
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Northern egg harvesters cautioned over avian flu

High-path H5N1 found in wild birds in Yukon

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Residents of Canada’s northern territories who harvest migratory wild birds and their eggs this spring are urged to take precautions as highly pathogenic avian influenza makes its way northward. The Yukon government’s animal health unit on May 27 reported confirmed cases of high-path H5N1 avian flu in two wild waterfowl carcasses. “Spring migration is ongoing
A low-flying bald eagle off the shore of Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley. (SkyF/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

High-path avian flu reaches Vancouver Island

Saskatchewan extends ag fair ban for birds; B.C. restarts lab testing; FCC to offer flexibility

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North America’s latest round of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks has now made its way from one end of Canada clear to the other. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday confirmed Canada’s westernmost case ever of high-path avian flu in domestic birds, finding an H5N1 virus in a small-scale poultry flock in the Regional
Alberta’s Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announces funding for the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine on May 10, 2022 at the university’s Spyhill campus. (Government of Alberta video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

More funds put up to boost Calgary vet school enrolment

Funding added for more staff, materials on top of infrastructure money

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The University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine, fresh off a major capital funding boost in February’s provincial budget, now gets another $8.4 million over three years to help expand enrolment. “This targeted enrolment funding will go towards hiring on more faculty/staff to teach the increased number of students,” Sam Blackett, press secretary for Advanced
File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

High-path avian flu reaches Alaska

Canada books more cases in five provinces

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U.S. federal animal health officials have confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock in southern Alaska, showing the extent of current outbreaks’ reach across North America. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said Saturday it had confirmed the presence of high-path avian flu in a “non-poultry” backyard
A proposed pilot project which would have allowed urban chickens to take roost in Winnipeg for a two-year trial has been postponed.
News

Winnipeg city council says no to urban chickens

After swinging toward approval, avian influenza put the brakes on an urban poultry pilot

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Winnipeg city council trounced the notion of letting city folks keep hens in their backyard despite initial support, citing concerns over avian influenza. “We’ve heard right now is not the right time,” said Mayor Brian Bowman, during the council’s meeting on April 28. A proposed pilot project, which would have seen 20 flocks of four
File photo of a rooster in a domestic Canadian flock. (D-Huss/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Avian flu hits domestic birds in New Brunswick

More cases also booked in Ontario, Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan

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Another province in Atlantic Canada has booked its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic birds this year — this time in a non-commercial flock in southeastern New Brunswick. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it confirmed the presence of high-path avian flu on Monday in a small flock at Turtle Creek, about
File photo of a rooster being swabbed in testing for avian influenza. (Merrimon/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

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Beijing | Reuters — China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country’s health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low. A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with the variant after developing a
Should a small flock become infected, “it affects all of us,” Jake Wiebe, chair of the Manitoba Chicken Producers says. “because suddenly we’re in a risk zone.”
Livestock, News

Farmers buckling down with avian flu confirmed

Avian influenza is getting too close to home for the feather sector

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Manitoba has reported its first farm infection of bird flu in about a decade, joining surrounding states and provinces that have already fallen prey to the virus. Manitoba poultry farmers were on high alert after wild birds in two locations tested positive for the avian flu strain H5N1. On April 20, the province confirmed the
Both the hog and poultry sectors are faced with disease issues that are about to test the province's ability to crisis manage.
Livestock, News

Managing Manitoba’s growing animal disease watch list

Is Manitoba ready for an animal disease fight with multiple fronts?

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Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) may not be the only battle in the near future for the province’s already busy top veterinary authority. Manitoba’s office of the chief veterinary officer (CVO) is already occupied with the latest, and worst ever, eruption of PED—a virulent neonatal pig disease that, although no threat to humans, is well known

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