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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

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

SW Ont. broiler farm quarantined with avian flu

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 19, 2015

A second poultry farm in southwestern Ontario’s Oxford County is now under federal quarantine with what tests show to be avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday it had placed the farm — a broiler breeder chicken operation west of Ayr, Ont., south of Kitchener — under quarantine after preliminary tests Friday at […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from N.D., Wisconsin, Iowa

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 15, 2015

The list of U.S. jurisdictions from which travellers can’t bring live poultry, eggs or raw poultry products into Canada is now three states longer. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday announced new restrictions on such products from North Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa, following confirmed cases of H5N2 avian flu this week at commercial poultry […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

More U.S. turkey flocks hit with bird flu

By Reuters April 14, 2015

Reuters — The number of U.S. poultry flocks infected with a deadly strain of bird flu rose on Tuesday as Iowa identified its first case and Minnesota confirmed eight more cases, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Iowa became the 12th state this year to find poultry infected with the H5N2 flu, which can […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Zone coverage set up around SW Ont. avian flu site

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 13, 2015

The only farm in Canada now in the midst of an avian flu cleanup is the centre of a new control zone, meant to limit the flu’s spread and keep Canada’s trading partners at ease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Sunday announced it has set up an avian flu control zone, which so […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. cuts poultry export forecast as avian flu spreads

By Reuters April 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. government on Thursday reduced its forecasts for poultry exports by nearly six per cent from last month due partly to an accelerating outbreak of bird flu that has triggered wider-than-expected trade restrictions. The steep cuts came as the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second commercial flock of turkeys […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Ont. turkey farm’s avian flu confirmed as H5N2

By Dave Bedard April 8, 2015

A quarantined southwestern Ontario turkey farm has been confirmed with the same strain of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu seen on farms in British Columbia and several U.S. states. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday that samples tested at its National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg have confirmed the virus’ subtype and […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Taiwan, Japan ban Ont. poultry over avian flu

By Rod Nickel April 7, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Japan and Taiwan have imposed trade restrictions on poultry and poultry products from Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday, a day after avian flu was confirmed in the province. The government agency said a turkey farm near Woodstock, Ont. was under quarantine after the presence of H5 avian influenza […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

SW Ont. turkey farm quarantined, avian flu suspected

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 6, 2015

A quarantine has been set up at a commercial turkey farm west of Woodstock, Ont. pending the outcome of federal tests for avian flu in the flock. Ontario’s Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency response office for the province’s chicken, turkey, egg and hatchery sectors, said in a statement Monday that birds from the flock […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Canada blocking poultry from Montana, South Dakota

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 4, 2015

Canada is blocking cross-border shopping for raw poultry, eggs and live birds from another border state, after H5N2 avian flu was confirmed in central Montana on Friday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Friday expanded restrictions that block travellers to Canada from H5N2-positive states from bringing in live birds, hatching eggs, eggs, yolks, egg […] Read more

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

SW Ont. broiler farm quarantined with avian flu

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from N.D., Wisconsin, Iowa

More U.S. turkey flocks hit with bird flu

Zone coverage set up around SW Ont. avian flu site

U.S. cuts poultry export forecast as avian flu spreads

Ont. turkey farm’s avian flu confirmed as H5N2

Taiwan, Japan ban Ont. poultry over avian flu

SW Ont. turkey farm quarantined, avian flu suspected

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