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May 17, 2025, Edgewood, Bc, CANADA: Supporters set up camp at the Universal Ostrich Farms property in Edgewood, B.C., on Saturday, May 17, 2024. Hundreds of supporters flocked to the farm over the Victoria long weekend to protest the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s order to cull 400 ostriches. Photo: Aaron Hemens/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press
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Universal Ostrich Farm loses CFIA cull appeal

Embattled farm has drawn international attention since cull was ordered due to bird flu cases

By Jonah Grignon August 22, 2025
Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C. lost its appeal to stop an ordered cull of over 400 birds.

May 17, 2025, Edgewood, Bc, CANADA: Supporters set up camp at the Universal Ostrich Farms property in Edgewood, B.C., on Saturday, May 17, 2024. Hundreds of supporters flocked to the farm over the Victoria long weekend to protest the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s order to cull 400 ostriches. Photo: Aaron Hemens/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press
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U.S. billionaire supports embattled B.C. ostrich farm

By Adam Peleshaty July 31, 2025
A New York City-based businessman is financially supporting the owners of an ostrich farm in British Columbia as they dispute an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to cull the birds.

Photo: File
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Report details economic losses due to bird flu in U.S. dairy cattle

By Jonah Grignon July 23, 2025
Report from Cornell University researchers details how much it costs to have a dairy cow infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Photo: deepblue4you/Getty Images Plus
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US CDC ends emergency bird flu response as infections decline

By Reuters July 8, 2025
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, owing to a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases since February.

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Brazil poised to declare itself bird flu ‘free,’ state official says

By Ana Mano, Debora Ely, Reuters, Roberto Samora June 18, 2025
Brazil is ready to declare the country free of the bird flu virus on commercial flocks, Edivilson Brum, the head of Rio Grande do Sul state’s agriculture department, said on Wednesday in a statement.


Should Canadian farmers be vaccinating poultry against bird flu?
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Should Canadian farmers be vaccinating poultry against bird flu?

The World Organization for Animal Health says vaccination should be part of the avian influenza tool kit

By Geralyn Wichers June 16, 2025
Vaccinating chickens and turkey against bird flu is a good option to control the disease, but industry says protocols must be in place first.

Supporters of Universal Ostrich Farms stand near ostriches at the farm’s property in Edgewood, B.C., on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Photo: Aaron Hemens/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press
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Embattled B.C. ostriches a human health risk says epidemiologist

Universal Ostrich Farm’s bid to save flock from CFIA cull has drawn international attention

By Jonah Grignon June 11, 2025
An embattled British Columbia ostrich flock remains a significant risk to human health, an epidemiologist says.

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak

By Reuters, Roberto Samora May 27, 2025
Chicken meat exports from Brazil have fallen slightly year-on-year in May, trade data from the government showed on Monday, after the country logged a case of bird flu on a commercial farm.


A quarantine area sign is attached to a tree at a quarantine zone after an outbreak of Bird flu in Victoria, Australia. Photo: AAP Image/Supplied by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action via Reuters
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Global animal health body says vaccines needed to protect humans, trade from bird flu

By Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide May 23, 2025
Vaccinating more animals against bird flu could help protect public health and keep global trade flowing said the head of the World Organization for Animal Health.

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

By Ana Mano, Reuters, Roberto Samora May 22, 2025
Brazil began a 28-day bird flu observation period on Thursday which it hopes will show the country's chicken farms are free of the disease after local authorities said a farm where its first outbreak was detected had been fully disinfected.

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