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Second Flock Confirmed With A. I.

February 19, 2009

CFIA RELEASE The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of H5 avian influenza virus in a second commercial poultry operation in southern British Columbia. The flock was tested as part of the surveillance activities within three kilometres of the commercial poultry operation where low-pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza was detected on Jan. 24.

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B. C.’s latest bird flu is H5N2

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 12, 2009

The avian influenza that led federal inspectors to cull, gas and compost about 60,000 birds on a Fraser Valley poultry farm in British Columbia is subtype H5N2, and likely low in pathogenicity. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Feb. 3 that tests at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg confirm the H5

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B. C. bird flu cull wraps up

February 5, 2009

A cull of about 60,000 birds on a B. C. poultry farm, where an H5 strain of avian flu was recently found, is now complete, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Jan. 28. The birds were euthanized using carbon dioxide and their carcasses are being composted inside the barns, and temperatures are being monitored to

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“Low-path” bird flu found in B. C.

January 29, 2009

An H5 strain of avian flu has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in southern British Columbia’s Fraser River valley, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Saturday. “Tests to date indicate that the strain of AI in this case is low pathogenic,” the agency said in a release. “Further testing is underway to confirm

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Pay China’s farmers to halt bird flu: OIE

By Sybille De La Hamaide January 15, 2009

China should focus on financial compensation for farmers who report new bird flu cases if it wants to stamp out the disease that killed a 19-year-old woman last week, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Jan. 7. OIE director general Bernard Vallat said many farmers hesitate to report bird flu cases for fear

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Bird flu spreads in Indian state

December 11, 2008

A fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry was detected in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Dec. 3 and authorities prepared to start culling thousands of chickens, a senior official said. “Yes, bird flu has spread to new areas; we are getting ready to start culling in those areas shortly,” Ashim Kumar Kakoty,

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Wild birds seen carrying bird flus to U. S.

November 6, 2008

Migrating water fowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U. S. government researchers reported Oct. 28. They found genetic evidence that some non-dangerous influenza viruses infecting northern pintail ducks in Alaska are genetically more closely related to Asian strains of bird flu than to North American strains. “Although some previous

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Tag Archives Avian influenza

Second Flock Confirmed With A. I.

B. C.’s latest bird flu is H5N2

B. C. bird flu cull wraps up

“Low-path” bird flu found in B. C.

Pay China’s farmers to halt bird flu: OIE

Bird flu spreads in Indian state

Wild birds seen carrying bird flus to U. S.

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