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File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Avian flu returns to southwestern Ontario

More cases also turn up in western provinces

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 19, 2022

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has circled back to Ontario for the first time in four months with an outbreak in a commercial poultry flock in Oxford County. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Friday confirmed the outbreak at a farm in the township of Zorra, about 20 km east of London. Details on the […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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

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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

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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

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

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

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, 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, 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

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Avian flu returns to southwestern Ontario

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

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

Tests turn up avian flu at third Ont. poultry farm

SW Ont. broiler farm quarantined with avian flu

Ont. turkey farm’s avian flu confirmed as H5N2

SW Ont. turkey farm quarantined, avian flu suspected

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