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Canada now avian flu-free

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 9, 2015

With no new cases in poultry since April and no farms in quarantine since July, Canada has officially declared itself free of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday it has informed the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) that Ontario is free of notifiable avian flu. No new outbreaks of highly pathogenic […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 15, 2015

Poultry farmers in Ontario are being warned to keep biosecurity top of mind as wild birds get ready to fly south this fall. “With the fall weather quickly approaching, resulting in colder temperatures and wild bird migrations, the threat of re-emergence of (highly pathogenic avian influenza) is real,” the Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

By Reuters August 25, 2015

Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario in the latest sign the farm sector is starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu. USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H5N2 avian flu was […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 4, 2015

Movement of birds and bird products in, through and out of southwestern Ontario’s Oxford and Waterloo counties is no longer subject to federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday it has removed its second and final avian influenza control zone, which has been in place since April 21 and covered portions of both […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Ont. avian flu quarantines to be lifted by month-end

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 15, 2015

The three southwestern Ontario poultry operations under quarantine since April with highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu can expect to see their quarantines lifted before the end of July. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Tuesday that cleaning and disinfection work were completed June 29 at the two infected turkey farms in Oxford County, and July […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Ont. avian flu quarantines not yet ready to go

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 29, 2015

Federal officials expect southwestern Ontario’s avian flu quarantines and control zones to stay in place for “several” more weeks yet. The Feather Board Command Centre (FBCC), the emergency response office for Ontario’s poultry and egg sector boards, said June 19 it’s been told by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) the “original projected timelines are […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu

By Tom Polansek June 11, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. will climb to a record high this year due to the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu in poultry, U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued Wednesday showed. USDA, in a monthly supply and demand report, increased its forecast for the price […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

CFIA declares B.C. avian flu-free

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 9, 2015

With three months’ distance from the cleanup at the last of the province’s infected poultry barns, the federal government has declared British Columbia free of highly pathogenic avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it had notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that B.C. is considered free of notifiable avian influenza, […] Read more

Michigan state officials say three Canada geese in Macomb County, on the west side of Lake St. Clair, were confirmed Saturday with high-path H5N2 avian flu. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Worst U.S. avian flu outbreak ever expands to Michigan

By Reuters June 8, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Michigan on Monday said Canada geese in the state tested positive for a lethal strain of bird flu, bringing the worst outbreak of the disease in U.S. history to a 21st state. Three young geese collected at Sterling Heights, Mich., about 35 km north of Windsor, Ont., were infected with the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

SW Ont. poultry sectors nearer business-as-usual, almost

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 22, 2015

Quarantines on several poultry operations in southwestern Ontario could be removed by the end of next month, assuming no new cases of avian flu turn up in the region — just in time for another notifiable poultry disease to appear. The Feather Board Command Centre — the emergency response unit for the province’s chicken, turkey […] Read more

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Canada now avian flu-free

Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

Ont. avian flu quarantines to be lifted by month-end

Ont. avian flu quarantines not yet ready to go

U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu

CFIA declares B.C. avian flu-free

Worst U.S. avian flu outbreak ever expands to Michigan

SW Ont. poultry sectors nearer business-as-usual, almost

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