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Farmers have stepped up biosecurity as the current strain of avian influenza is more transmissible than other outbreaks.

H5 avian influenza found in Ontario poultry flock

By Kristy Nudds December 18, 2024

H5 avian influenza has been confirmed on an Ontario premise in the Municipality of Strathroy-Cardoc. The presence of the virus was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Dec. 16. The infected premise has been placed under quarantine. CFIA will also be establishing specific movement control measures and permitting processes for farms within the […] Read more

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U.S. government not stockpiling bird flu vaccine

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 12, 2024

While the United States government continues to monitor the spread of bird flu in the country, the Biden administration said it won’t order the stockpiling of a vaccine for humans. U.S. health officials stressed the chances of a human contracting the H5N1 variant of avian influenza remain very low.

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US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply

Virus has infected nearly half of California's 1,100 dairy farms

By Leah Douglas, Reuters December 6, 2024

The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, as authorities seek to grapple with rapid spread of the virus among dairy herds.

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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WHO calls for stronger surveillance of H5N1 bird flu among animals

By emma-farge, Mariam Sunny, Reuters November 28, 2024

A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with H5N1 bird flu in order to curb its spread.

Federal government pledges funds to bird flu research

By Geralyn Wichers November 15, 2024

The federal government has pledged $5.2 million in for 35 projects researching bird flu.

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Virus in B.C. human bird flu case genetically related to farm strain

By Jeff Melchior November 15, 2024

Health officials have confirmed that the strain of bird flu that hospitalized a B.C. teenager in critical condition is related to the same virus causing outbreaks in the province’s poultry.

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Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters November 13, 2024

A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza.

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US expands bird flu testing after finding symptom-free infections in people

By Deena Beasley, Leah Douglas, Reuters November 8, 2024

Farm workers who have been exposed to animals with bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they do not have symptoms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

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UK confirms bird flu cases at commercial poultry farm

By Reuters November 6, 2024

The UK government said on Tuesday that cases of bird flu had been confirmed in commercial poultry at premises in Yorkshire, hours after it increased the risk level of the disease from medium to high.

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Bird flu detected in pigs – here’s why virologists are concerned

By Ed Hutchinson, The Conversation via Reuters Connect November 5, 2024

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically about pigs? And does this case – detected on a farm in Oregon on October 29 – change anything?

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H5 avian influenza found in Ontario poultry flock

U.S. government not stockpiling bird flu vaccine

US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply

WHO calls for stronger surveillance of H5N1 bird flu among animals

Federal government pledges funds to bird flu research

Virus in B.C. human bird flu case genetically related to farm strain

Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu

US expands bird flu testing after finding symptom-free infections in people

UK confirms bird flu cases at commercial poultry farm

Bird flu detected in pigs – here’s why virologists are concerned

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