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Japan Bans Imports Of Texas Poultry

Japan has banned imports of poultry from the U. S. state of Texas after a report of a case of avian flu (serotype H5) in the state, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Jan. 6. Japan, which has previously banned poultry imports from Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Illinois, is a small market for U. S. poultry,
Hogs, Livestock

Hog Producer Hailed For Philanthropy

The Loewen Foundation and the Steinbach Community Foundation have named Ste. Anne-area hog farmer Marg Rempel as their Philanthropist of the Year. According to a newsletter from the Manitoba Pork Council, the award includes a $2,000 donation to an organization of the recipient’s choice, which Rempel has directed to the Bethesda Foundation, supporting Steinbach’s Bethesda
Hogs, News

New Virus Could Still Mutate, Spark Pandemic

“This is clearly different than what we see from seasonal influenza” The new H1N1 flu virus could still mutate into a more virulent form and spark an influenza pandemic that could be expected to circle the globe up to three times, the World Health Organization said May 12. The impact of any pandemic would vary,
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Symptomless Egypt Bird Flu Cases Studied

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The World Health Organization is concerned some Egyptians may carry the highly pathogenic bird flu virus with-o ut showing symptoms, which could give it more of a chance to mutate to a strain that spreads easily among humans. Whether such cases exist still has to be put to the test and will be the focus
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Cleanup Complete At Other B. C. Bird Flu Site

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Cleaning and disinfection work have been completed on the second of two poultry farms in the Abbotsford, B. C. area after birds at both sites were found infected with a strain of avian flu. The completed cleanup has been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the CFIA said in a statement March 13. CFIA’s
Livestock, Poultry

China Poultry Industry Faces Downturn

The impact of bird flu and the economic slowdown may have cut China’s poultry numbers by about a third or more in the last month, executives in the poultry feed industry said March 3. Although China has not disclosed any significant outbreaks of bird flu or the extent of the impact on the industry, feed
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Cleanup For Bird Flu Done On B. C. Farm

Cleaning and disinfection work on an Abbotsford, B. C. turkey farm has been completed to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s approval after the farm’s stock was culled for avian flu. About 60,000 birds were gassed and composted in the farm’s barns after some birds in the flock were confirmed Jan. 24 to have what turned
Beef cattle, Livestock

Second Flock Confirmed With A. I.

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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Experts identify key area of bird flu virus

Two teams of researchers say they have identified a key area of the H5N1 bird flu virus which appears to be involved in its replication and hope the discovery could speed up the design of new drugs. In separate articles published in the journal Nature, the teams from France and China said the region of
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B. C.’s latest bird flu is H5N2

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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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