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U.S. finds first avian flu in poultry since June

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 15, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– An Indiana turkey flock has been infected with a deadly type of bird flu in the first new case of the disease in U.S. poultry since June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday. The flock in Dubois County, Indiana, was infected with a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H7N8,

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Canada’s no-buy list for poultry, eggs down to two states

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 7, 2016

Canada is now warning cross-border travellers to the U.S. against bringing in raw poultry and eggs from two states, down from six at the end of 2015. As of Tuesday, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may not bring in uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Poultry, eggs from seven U.S. states still blocked at border

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 30, 2015

While the U.S. has declared itself free of high-path avian flu, Canada is still warning cross-border travellers not to bring in poultry or eggs from seven previously affected states. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on Thursday — a.k.a. Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. — rolled out a statement to remind travellers that Canada’s restrictions

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Canada now avian flu-free

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 9, 2015

With no new cases in poultry since April and no farms in quarantine since July, Canada has officially declared itself free of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday it has informed the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) that Ontario is free of notifiable avian flu. No new outbreaks of highly pathogenic

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U.S. may kill poultry with heat stress to stop bird flu

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek September 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. agriculture officials seeking ways to control deadly bird flu have approved the use of a method to kill poultry by turning up the heat in their barns and shutting off ventilation systems. The Agriculture Department will consider using the method, condemned by animal rights groups as cruel, if there are

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Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 15, 2015

Poultry farmers in Ontario are being warned to keep biosecurity top of mind as wild birds get ready to fly south this fall. “With the fall weather quickly approaching, resulting in colder temperatures and wild bird migrations, the threat of re-emergence of (highly pathogenic avian influenza) is real,” the Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency

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U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 25, 2015

Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario in the latest sign the farm sector is starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu. USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H5N2 avian flu was

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USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter August 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it has put out a request for proposals to help the nation’s veterinarians have access to bird flu vaccines for poultry this fall, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

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Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 7, 2015

U.S. animal health officials have closed the books for now on avian influenza infections in 10 states, with five others remaining. In its latest report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last week, the U.S. federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said all control areas for avian flu have been released

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Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 4, 2015

Movement of birds and bird products in, through and out of southwestern Ontario’s Oxford and Waterloo counties is no longer subject to federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday it has removed its second and final avian influenza control zone, which has been in place since April 21 and covered portions of both

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U.S. finds first avian flu in poultry since June

Canada’s no-buy list for poultry, eggs down to two states

Poultry, eggs from seven U.S. states still blocked at border

Canada now avian flu-free

U.S. may kill poultry with heat stress to stop bird flu

Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

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