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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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Indian state reports fresh bird flu outbreak

January 15, 2009

Health and veterinary workers culled poultry in a densely populated eastern state in India Jan. 3 after a fresh outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, officials said. The latest outbreak of the virus in poultry is the fourth in the state of West Bengal since 2007. Bird flu first broke out in India in 2006. Millions

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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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Poultry industry’s genetic stock dwindling

By Ron Friesen November 20, 2008

“We have a commodity at risk because it has a narrow genetic base.” – Bill Muir, Purdue University If you’re old enough, you can probably remember a variety of hens – Barred Rock, Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, all with differentcoloured plumage – strutting about the farmyard. During the week they laid eggs. On Sunday,

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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 Epidemiology

B. C. bird flu cull wraps up

“Low-path” bird flu found in B. C.

Indian state reports fresh bird flu outbreak

Pay China’s farmers to halt bird flu: OIE

Bird flu spreads in Indian state

Poultry industry’s genetic stock dwindling

Wild birds seen carrying bird flus to U. S.

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