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Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

By Reuters April 29, 2015

Reuters — Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest importer of chicken broiler meat, has banned imports of poultry meat and egg products from Ontario due to the presence of avian flu on three Ontario farms. The market was worth about $825,000 in 2014, representing 0.4 per cent of Ontario’s poultry exports, said Patrick Girard, spokesman for […] Read more

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Third Ont. farm with avian flu cleared of birds

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 28, 2015

Updated, April 29, 2015 — Ontario is urging poultry farmers to look into the AgriStability income stabilization plan, after the province’s third poultry farm to catch H5N2 avian flu this month has put down all its turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Monday that “humane depopulation” has already been completed at the Bright, Ont. […] Read more

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Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

By P.J. Huffstutter April 28, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to eliminate use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by September 2017, one of the most aggressive timetables yet set by an American poultry company. The Arkansas-based chicken and meat company also said Tuesday it is working on ways to curtail such […] Read more

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U.S. asks China to drop avian flu-related ban on poultry imports

By Tom Polansek April 27, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday asked China to drop a ban on imports of U.S. poultry imposed because of an outbreak of bird flu in chickens and turkeys. The U.S. wants China to limit trade only from states or regions that have had cases of the flu, which is […] Read more

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Tests turn up avian flu at third Ont. poultry farm

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2015

Already under preventive quarantine, a turkey farm in southwestern Ontario’s Oxford County is now believed to have the province’s third avian flu outbreak in poultry. On its website Friday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it was notified Thursday that presumptive H5 avian flu had been detected at the farm in tests by the University […] Read more

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Minnesota declares state of emergency over avian flu

By P.J. Huffstutter April 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Minnesota declared a state of emergency on Thursday over a fast-spreading strain of avian flu that has led to the extermination of more than 7.3 million birds in the country. It followed Wisconsin’s action on Monday. The highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of bird flu has been identified on 46 Minnesota farms […] Read more

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Second avian flu control zone set up in SW Ontario

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 22, 2015

A federal control zone has been officially set up for a 10-kilometre radius around the Oxford County chicken farm that’s home to Ontario’s second outbreak of H5N2 avian flu. This control zone, which covers ground in both Oxford County and Waterloo County, is an “internationally accepted practice,” meant to allow export business to continue from non-infected […] Read more

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U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek April 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Faced with a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected millions of chickens and turkeys, the U.S. Agriculture Department could turn to what it has always seen as a last resort: readying and deploying a vaccine to fight the disease. Up to now, USDA has said it would prefer not to […] Read more

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Iowa reports biggest single U.S. outbreak of bird flu

By Tom Polansek April 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Iowa, the top U.S. egg-producing state, found a lethal strain of bird flu in millions of hens at an egg-laying facility on Monday, the worst case so far in a national outbreak that prompted Wisconsin to declare a state of emergency. The infected Iowa birds were being raised near the city […] Read more

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Ont. chicken farm’s avian flu confirmed as high-path H5N2

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 20, 2015

The avian flu that swept a broiler breeder chicken operation in southwestern Ontario’s Oxford County has been confirmed as highly pathogenic H5N2. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Sunday its lab tests in Winnipeg have confirmed the virus’ pathogenicity and subtype. The farm, southwest of Kitchener, was quarantined Saturday after preliminary tests confirmed a […] Read more

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Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

Third Ont. farm with avian flu cleared of birds

Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

U.S. asks China to drop avian flu-related ban on poultry imports

Tests turn up avian flu at third Ont. poultry farm

Minnesota declares state of emergency over avian flu

Second avian flu control zone set up in SW Ontario

U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

Iowa reports biggest single U.S. outbreak of bird flu

Ont. chicken farm’s avian flu confirmed as high-path H5N2

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