Ontario’s feather sector is moving to a “heightened biosecurity advisory” after highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed this weekend in a poultry flock. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Sunday […] Read more
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High-path avian flu drops into southwestern Ontario
H5N1 confirmed on poultry farm
Second Nova Scotia poultry operation hit with avian flu
U.S. also books outbreaks in two states
A second farm in western Nova Scotia has been hit with highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial birds, further expanding containment measures in that province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn end lower in volatile sell-off
Wheat down off early strength
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures closed lower on Thursday after a wild session, retreating after a run-up to multi-month highs as a wave of profit-taking and […] Read more
High-path H5N1 avian flu hits Nova Scotia turkey farm
Trade curbs in place; U.S. also has an outbreak in Indiana
Updated, Feb. 10 — Highly pathogenic avian flu has again landed in domestic birds in Atlantic Canada — but this time on a commercial turkey farm, leading other countries to […] Read more
No trade bans expected from Nova Scotia bird flu findings
High-path H5N1 a 'non-poultry detection'
A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard flock in central Nova Scotia isn’t expected to affect international trade in Canada’s feather sectors. The Canadian Food Inspection […] Read more
Second high-path avian flu case appears in Newfoundland
Case involves non-commercial 'small flock' farm in same area
A new appearance of highly pathogenic avian flu in birds at another farm on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula isn’t expected to affect Canada’s status as free of avian flu. The Canadian […] Read more
No bans expected from Newfoundland avian flu outbreak
High-path H5N1 kills 360 birds on 'non-poultry' farm
Neither federal nor international animal health officials expect to see import bans imposed on Canadian poultry coming out of an avian flu outbreak at a farm on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula. […] Read more
EU’s bird flu outbreaks reach Poland
Country's outbreaks hit farms totalling 650,000 birds
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 […] Read more
China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu
Strain 'not a very common virus'
Beijing | Reuters — A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with a rare strain of bird flu […] Read more
Risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu deemed low
Seven people infected but asymptomatic, WHO says
Geneva | Reuters — The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers […] Read more
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