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“We have seen around 600,000 of those free-range birds being directly affected."
News, Poultry

Half of Britain’s free range Christmas turkeys lost to bird flu crisis

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Britons may struggle to get a free-range turkey or goose for the Christmas table this year after an industry head said about half of them had either died or been culled due to the country’s largest-ever outbreak of avian flu. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, told lawmakers that British farmers usually
If you’re planning to have a turkey on your table this holiday season, it’s better to buy it now as prices are sure to increase in the days ahead.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Avian flu – let’s talk turkey

Canadian consumers are better off than their American counterparts

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Avian flu deserves more media attention. The illness affecting our poultry sector has become a real problem. Unlike previous strains, this one has spread across Canada, raising fears that it could become endemic in wild birds, no less. A nightmare. This year alone, avian flu has infected approximately 200 farms with more than 3.6 million
Avian flu outbreak wipes out 50.54 million U.S. birds
News, Poultry

Avian flu outbreak wipes out 50.54 million U.S. birds

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Reuters – Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Nov. 24. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

U.S. avian flu outbreak of 2022 wipes out record number of birds

Vast majority of caseload originated with wild birds: USDA

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Chicago | Reuters — Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed Thursday. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Bird flu pressure bears down on B.C. farms

High-path flu hits 13 commercial farms in Fraser Valley within past week

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Commercial poultry farmers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley have come out the worst so far this month in Canada’s year-long fight with highly pathogenic avian influenza. Since Wednesday last week, that region alone has seen outbreaks on 13 commercial poultry farms: nine at Abbotsford, three at Chillwack and one in the District of Kent. That’s
A male lesser scaup at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center in Maryland. This bird 
was not part of new research. Photograph taken in 2017.
News

How wild birds may spread avian influenza

First-of-its-kind study tracks wild bird infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza

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For the first time, scientists have tracked the movement of a wild bird known to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza in North America. The new research, led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), may improve estimates of when and where the virus could spread in the environment and to other birds. There is
News, Poultry

Spain detects two bird flu infections in poultry farm workers

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Two Spanish poultry farm workers tested positive for bird flu following an outbreak in poultry, in what appear to be the first known human infections in Spain and the second in Europe since 2003, the World Health Organization said Nov. 4. The poultry outbreak was confirmed by authorities on Sept. 20 and there has been
“We and the other feather boards and, I think, the CFIA have become more efficient in triaging the permits.” – Cory Rybuck, Manitoba Egg Farmers.
News, Poultry

Manitoba not twice lucky on bird flu

Manitoba dodged the bullet in spring, when migratory birds came north and brought avian influenza with them; the fall migration has not been so kind

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Manitoba has seen seven times more bird flu cases in the space of a month than the rest of 2022 combined. From Sept. 14 to Oct. 12, 15 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were confirmed on Manitoba poultry farms, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported. Why it matters: Migratory birds are considered
File photo of a CFIA vehicle. (Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock

Avian flu circles back to Quebec

Saskatchewan's bird mingling ban held over

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Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu have returned to Quebec’s poultry sector after a lull of just over two months, while more Canadian cases continue to pile up at points west. Canada’s fall migratory season for wild birds appears to have led to the return of outbreaks in both commercial and backyard poultry flocks and

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