To date, 169 dairy herds have been affected by avian influenza in the U.S.  Photo: Thinkstock

Light shed on bird flu spread in mammals

Researchers from Cornell University have determined how cows infected with H5N1 bird flu were able to spread the virus to other cows and mammals. In the study published in the journal Nature on July 24, scientists used genomic data, computer modeling, and data about the virus’s spread to show how infected cows from Texas spread bird flu




Opinion: Why Bill C-282 is an awful idea

Opinion: Why Bill C-282 is an awful idea

Bill would hold nation’s economic future hostage for one small group’s benefit

At the end of February, Bill C-282 sat in the Canadian Senate on the precipice of becoming law. It seeks to bestow immunity upon supply management from concessions in any potential future trade negotiations. In essence, it risks holding all other economic sectors hostage solely to safeguard the interests of a small, privileged group of


Feds plan to invest in processing projects

Feds plan to invest in processing projects

The money comes from a fund earmarked to help supply managed sectors hurt by trade deal

The federal government will invest $89 million in 49 processing projects in the supply managed sector. Agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay was in Ingleside, Ont., at the Lactalis Canada cheese plant to make the Feb. 5 announcement. The projects are through the six-year, $397.5-million Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, which is part of Ottawa's commitment to help sectors that lost market share due to trade agreements.

“The infected premises continues to make progress toward being eligible for release from quarantine.” – CFIA

Avian influenza control zone revoked

Manitoba's sole HPAI control zone was removed in the second week of January

VETERINARY Manitoba’s sole HPAI control zone was removed in the second week of January

Manitoba’s poultry traffic could again flow normally after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Jan. 8 revoked the province’s only active control zone for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The control zone, which covered 14 square miles in the R.M. of Rhineland south of Plum Coulee, had been in place for two months. On Nov. 8, 2023, the CFIA announced that a premise in the area had broken



Recommendations include allowing greater flexibility for livestock transporters at the beginning and end of their trips.

Emergency definition in hotseat in transport report

Emergency management and hours of service among concerns for House ag committee

Glacier FarmMedia – Truck drivers can legally exceed their regulated hours if it’s an emergency, but when does animal welfare meet that description? That was among the topics tackled as the House of Commons standing committee on agriculture released its report on challenges facing the livestock transport sector. The report, “Striking a Balance: Electronic Logging


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Sweden reports bird flu outbreak as disease spreads

The Philippines bans poultry imports from France, Belgium to protect poultry, workers, consumers

Sweden has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a farm in the southern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday, as the disease spreads in Europe. The Philippines, meanwhile, has banned imports of French and Belgian poultry as a virus containment measure.

Outside the Portage la Prairie cluster, the province has found eight wild HPAI cases in southern Manitoba this fall.

Avian flu alarm sounded for small flocks

Wild goose deaths spark calls for biosecurity measures

Small flock owners around Portage la Prairie are being asked to ramp up biosecurity. The province has warned producers about a rash of wild birds in the area that have died due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Why it matters: As of Dec. 12, HPAI had claimed over 10.9 million domestic birds in Canada