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Resistant bacteria can evolve anywhere. Even if some countries manage to control the problem within their borders, the risk remains.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Antimicrobial resistance fight can’t be limited by borders

It’s great that countries like Canada have a plan, but that’s not enough against a global threat

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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the World Health Organization’s most urgent health challenges for the next decade, and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at particular risk. Misuse of antimicrobials worldwide has accelerated the evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). For instance, as much as 80 per cent of total consumption is used in livestock to
Tuberculosis patients rest on the summer balcony of the Ninette Sanitorium in in 1940.
Livestock, News

Consumption and sick cows: a short history of tuberculosis

Eradication, pasteurization and medical advances conquered TB in Canada; it’s still a global menace

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The current leading cause of death in Canada, as per Statistics Canada, is cancer. It’s closely followed by heart disease. In the U.S., the causes are reversed. In the U.S. at the turn of the century, it was tuberculosis, as per the American Lung Association. Tuberculosis and its cousin bovine tuberculosis (which also infects humans) are lung-attacking, potentially deadly diseases that
Hunters and poultry owners should be aware of the risk of avian influenza in wildlife and take care to prevent transmission to domestic poultry.
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Hunter or farmer, here’s how to beat avian flu

The peak outbreaks of 2022 are past, but avian flu is still a risk this fall

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is still hanging around in wild birds, and extension staff at North Dakota State University urge hunters and bird owners to be careful. Why it matters: HPAI has killed or led to the cull of 58.84 million domestic birds in the U.S. since the start of 2022 and 7.77 million
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

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