Reading Time: 2 minutes 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
Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends
‘Noah’s Ark’ rescue mission for endangered poultry
Rare breed hatchery sends chicks as far away as Brazil
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — Less than 24 hours after a deadly infection of bird flu was confirmed at a turkey farm north of Des Moines, Iowa, Bud Wood packed about 3,500 rare baby chicks into boxes and put them in the back of a truck. With the delicate birds just hours old, the president of Murray McMurray […] Read more
Ont. avian flu quarantines to be lifted by month-end
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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
SW Ontario pullet flock’s ILT contained
Reading Time: 2 minutes A warning to southwestern Ontario’s poultry producers in May to step up biosecurity over a non-avian-flu-related disease outbreak has been lifted. The Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency response office for Ontario’s poultry and egg sector boards, last week issued a “stand down” for heightened biosecurity, following an outbreak of avian infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in […] Read more
Ont. avian flu quarantines not yet ready to go
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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
U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — The average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. will climb to a record high this year due to the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu in poultry, U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued Wednesday showed. USDA, in a monthly supply and demand report, increased its forecast for the price […] Read more
CFIA declares B.C. avian flu-free
Reading Time: 2 minutes With three months’ distance from the cleanup at the last of the province’s infected poultry barns, the federal government has declared British Columbia free of highly pathogenic avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it had notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that B.C. is considered free of notifiable avian influenza, […] Read more
Worst U.S. avian flu outbreak ever expands to Michigan
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Michigan on Monday said Canada geese in the state tested positive for a lethal strain of bird flu, bringing the worst outbreak of the disease in U.S. history to a 21st state. Three young geese collected at Sterling Heights, Mich., about 35 km north of Windsor, Ont., were infected with the […] Read more
USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it would not allow commercial release of a poultry vaccine to fight the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history because it was not effective enough. The agency said in a notice that additional criteria must be met before a vaccine can be […] Read more
U.S. bird flu virus seen under control within a few months
Reading Time: 3 minutes Paris | Reuters — An epidemic of bird flu that has devastated U.S. poultry flocks this year is likely to be under control within a few months as the U.S. steps up measures to contain the virus and the summer weather weakens it, senior officials said on Tuesday. There is, however, a high risk that […] Read more
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