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Chicks atop images from a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

EU’s bird flu outbreaks reach Poland

Country's outbreaks hit farms totalling 650,000 birds

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 8, 2021

Paris | Reuters — Poland has reported several outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at poultry farms with flocks totalling nearly 650,000 birds, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. Poland is the European Union’s largest poultry producer. Five outbreaks, of which four were at fattening turkey farms and one at […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu insurance plan backed for Ontario turkeys

New plan to be mandatory for turkey farmers

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 9, 2021

Ontario’s turkey producer organization will get federal support to help set up a new mandatory insurance plan to cover costs incurred in any future outbreaks of avian influenza. Southern Ontario MPs Neil Ellis and Tim Louis on Monday announced up to $559,285 in federal funding through the AgriRisk Initiatives: Administrative Capacity Building stream for Turkey […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Low-path bird flu turns up in Wisconsin turkeys

By Reuters March 7, 2017

Paris | Reuters — The U.S. has reported an outbreak of avian flu on a farm in Wisconsin, the second in the country in less than a week although the virus found this time is considered less virulent, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. A strain of low-pathogenic H5N2 avian flu […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises pandemic risk

By Kate Kelland January 26, 2017

London | Reuters — The global spread of bird flu and the number of viral strains currently circulating and causing infections have reached unprecedented levels, raising the risk of a potential human outbreak, according to disease experts. Multiple outbreaks have been reported in poultry farms and wild flocks across Europe, Africa and Asia in the […] Read more

A male mallard duck. (Alain Carpentier photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA finds bird flu in Montana wild duck

By Tom Polansek January 9, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday it had detected a type of bird flu in a wild duck in central Montana that appeared to match one of the strains found during an outbreak of the disease in 2014 and 2015 that led to the deaths of millions of chickens. […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 3, 2016

A federal quarantine has been lifted for a duck farm near St. Catharines, Ont. where birds were confirmed in July with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has reported the quarantine was lifted effective Sept. 20, at the end of a 21-day waiting period after the commercial-scale farm was depopulated, cleaned and […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

By Tom Polansek August 26, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA said it detected the H5N2 strain of the disease in […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 19, 2016

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lifted a three-kilometre avian flu control zone around a duck farm in Ontario’s Niagara region, freeing up traffic on and off neighbouring farms. All but one of the commercial and non-commercial farms in the control zone were released from quarantine effective Tuesday and will no longer need licensing for […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Last avian flu-related block on U.S. poultry lifted

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 12, 2016

The last of Canada’s temporary avian flu-related rules against cross-border travellers bringing in poultry and/or eggs from the U.S. has been lifted. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, live birds, raw poultry, eggs and certain other raw or less-than-cooked poultry products originating in Indiana may again be brought into Canada. Lifted effective June 27, […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Bird flu control zone set up around Ontario duck farm

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 8, 2016

About 14,000 commercial ducks at a farm west of St. Catharines, Ont. are being euthanized following confirmation of a low-pathogenic strain of H5N2 avian flu in the flock. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday confirmed the influenza subtype, the day after announcing the low-path H5 flu outbreak, the resulting quarantine and the plans for […] Read more

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EU’s bird flu outbreaks reach Poland

Avian flu insurance plan backed for Ontario turkeys

Low-path bird flu turns up in Wisconsin turkeys

Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises pandemic risk

USDA finds bird flu in Montana wild duck

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

Last avian flu-related block on U.S. poultry lifted

Bird flu control zone set up around Ontario duck farm

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