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Ontario duck farm catches low-path avian flu

All the birds on a commercial duck farm in southern Ontario’s Niagara region are about to be euthanized after some were confirmed with a less severe form of avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Thursday said the strain of avian influenza found in the birds on the farm is a low-pathogenic (“low-path”)

Livestock

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 3, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. authorities destroyed 39,000 turkeys in Missouri due to an outbreak of a mild form of avian flu, the World Organization for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as officials remained on alert for new cases. State authorities also have begun a quarantine and taken surveillance measures around the farm in Jasper

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Indiana

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 18, 2016

Cross-border travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. are now warned against bringing in raw poultry and eggs from Indiana, the site of the country’s latest cases of avian flu. Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may not bring in uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from Indiana, North Dakota or Missouri, the Canadian

Livestock

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

Livestock

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

Livestock, Markets

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

Livestock

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

Livestock

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)

National news, Poultry

Avian influenza in U.S. poultry puts the squeeze on Canadian egg imports

Shipments are costing more and taking longer to get here

By Ron Friesen June 9, 2015

A major avian influenza outbreak in the United States is forcing Canada’s layer industry to scramble for imported eggs and pay through the nose for them. As the AI outbreak continues south of the border, Canadian importers must look further afield for processing eggs, increasing delivery times and transportation costs. Manitoba sources most of its

News, Poultry

Wild birds have higher resistance to flu virus

With bird flu ravaging barns in the U.S. and knocking at Canada’s door,  it might be time to reconsider how poultry are raised

By Shannon VanRaes June 1, 2015

For years, poultry producers have been breeding something in their barns other than birds. Avian influenza. Long present in wild bird populations, the low-pathogen version of the virus has entered barns, remaining there until a series of mutations turned into something else — something deadly. “We have been playing with fire,” said Earl Brown, a

Daily Network News

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U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Tag Archives Avian influenza

Ontario duck farm catches low-path avian flu

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Indiana

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

Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

Avian influenza in U.S. poultry puts the squeeze on Canadian egg imports

Wild birds have higher resistance to flu virus

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