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Avian flu arrives on more B.C. poultry farms

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 10, 2014

Federal officials monitoring avian flu outbreaks in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley aren’t surprised to have confirmed another three, maybe four, infected properties. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a statement Wednesday, two more farms — both close to the initial pair of farms confirmed last week with high-pathogenicity H5N2 avian flu — have […] Read more

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Poultry, captive bird movements now limited in southern B.C.

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 8, 2014

Movements of birds, poultry products and poultry farm equipment are under new restrictions in the area where five poultry farms in British Columbia have been quarantined with avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced a new “primary control zone” in the entire southern half of B.C. south of Highway 16, split in […] Read more

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U.S. suspends some B.C. poultry imports over avian flu

By Tom Polansek December 8, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. has suspended imports of live and raw poultry from British Columbia due to an outbreak of bird flu virus in the province’s Fraser Valley, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief veterinary officer told Reuters on Monday. The restrictions began on Dec. 4, the same day Canada identified the virus […] Read more

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Another Abbotsford poultry farm quarantined

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 7, 2014

A fifth poultry farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, this time a turkey farm near Abbotsford, is under federal quarantine with an H5 strain of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday the Abbotsford farmer came forward after observing “higher than normal mortality rates,” and provided birds for sampling used in provincial and federal […] Read more

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H5N2-infected broilers being destroyed in B.C.

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 5, 2014

Flock depopulation is underway on a broiler breeder farm infected with a severe strain of H5N2 avian flu at Chilliwack, B.C. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday it’s begun the process of “humanely euthanizing” the farm’s surviving chickens. The same depopulation and disposal process will follow “in the coming days” at three other Fraser […] Read more

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Avian flu outbreak in B.C. is high-path H5N2

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 4, 2014

Tests have confirmed the avian influenza that’s killed thousands of birds at two British Columbia poultry farms is a “high-path” strain of H5N2. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday confirmed the results from tests done at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg on samples from the two Fraser Valley farms — […] Read more

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Two more B.C. poultry farms quarantined for avian flu

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 3, 2014

Two Fraser Valley poultry farms — both of which received birds from one of two farms quarantined this week with confirmed cases of H5 avian influenza — are now also under federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday the two traceout farms were “determined to be at high risk” for avian flu. Birds […] Read more

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Asian markets block Canadian poultry over bird flu

By Reuters December 3, 2014

Reuters — Canada’s detection of avian influenza on two British Columbia farms has resulted in trade restrictions from several Asian markets, a government spokesman said Wednesday. South Korea has banned imports of Canadian chicks; Hong Kong and Taiwan have imposed trade restrictions on British Columbia poultry and poultry products; and Japan has imposed trade restrictions […] Read more

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Two Fraser Valley farms quarantined with H5 avian flu

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News December 2, 2014

Federal officials have quarantined a turkey farm and a broiler breeder farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley after both were confirmed with outbreaks of an H5 strain of avian influenza. The quarantines, announced Tuesday, follow death losses of “over half” of the 11,000 birds at the turkey farm near Abbotsford, and of about 1,000 of […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Bird flu outbreak in India caused by strain humans can contract

By Reuters November 27, 2014

Paris | Reuters — A bird flu virus found in India this week is the H5N1 strain that can be transmitted to humans, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Thursday. However, the organization said it was not concerned about the situation, because India had faced outbreaks of the virus before. No human case […] Read more

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Avian flu arrives on more B.C. poultry farms

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