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(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

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

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

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

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

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

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

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

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

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

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

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

Beef Cattle, Straight from the hip

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Beef packing needs a better value add if it's going to compete with poultry

By Brenda Schoepp September 2, 2014

When we consider the trials and tribulations of beef packers, there is often very little room for sympathy. But beef packing is a tight-margin business and processors will engage in more than one protein to offer consumers. Looking at the top five global processors in the world shifts our perspective on the importance of processing […] Read more

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Tag Archives Poultry

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

Another Abbotsford poultry farm quarantined

H5N2-infected broilers being destroyed in B.C.

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

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

Asian markets block Canadian poultry over bird flu

What’s at ‘steak’ in a growing demand for chicken?

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