Insights and Stories on Avian Flu

May. 4, 2015 at 6:43 pm CDT

Ongoing surveillance of Canada’s wild birds has turned up the country’s first-ever case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu, in a duck carcass at a British Columbia bird sanctuary. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported the case to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), noting such a […]

By Staff

May. 1, 2015 at 4:32 pm CDT

Reuters — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak. State agriculture officials on Friday announced four more poultry farms — a million-bird commercial egg laying operation and three turkey farms — have initially tested positive for an H5 […]

By Reuters

Apr. 29, 2015 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains jumped as much as one per cent on Wednesday, with corn rebounding from a six-month low and wheat from a nearly five-year low on support from short covering and a weaker U.S. dollar. Soybeans also gained at the Chicago Board of Trade, buoyed by […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Apr. 29, 2015 at 4:25 pm CDT

Reuters — Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest importer of chicken broiler meat, has banned imports of poultry meat and egg products from Ontario due to the presence of avian flu on three Ontario farms. The market was worth about $825,000 in 2014, representing 0.4 per cent of Ontario’s poultry exports, […]

By Reuters

Apr. 28, 2015 at 7:49 pm CDT

Updated, April 29, 2015 — Ontario is urging poultry farmers to look into the AgriStability income stabilization plan, after the province’s third poultry farm to catch H5N2 avian flu this month has put down all its turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Monday that “humane depopulation” has already been […]

By Staff