Insights and Stories on Avian Flu

Movement restrictions lifted on B.C. birds

Mar. 11, 2015 at 4:41 pm CDT

British Columbia’s poultry producers no longer need federal permits to move their wares in the province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Wednesday it has removed its avian influenza primary control zone (PCZ) — a zone which had covered the entire southern half of B.C., including Vancouver Island and the […]

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

Mar. 11, 2015 at 1:58 pm CDT

By Staff

Canada blocking poultry, eggs from Minnesota

Mar. 6, 2015 at 6:57 pm CST

By Staff

H5N2 avian flu found in Minnesota turkey flock

Mar. 6, 2015 at 12:46 pm CST

By Staff

CFIA shrinks restricted zone in B.C. avian flu outbreak

Feb. 19, 2015 at 6:21 pm CST

By Staff

Hens near Chilliwack catch H5N1 avian flu

Feb. 7, 2015 at 6:05 pm CST

About 95 layer hens on a “non-commercial” farm near Chilliwack are the Fraser Valley’s latest cases of avian influenza, but not of the same strain seen at 12 other farms in December. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Saturday announced a quarantine on the Chilliwack farm after confirming, effective Feb. […]

By Dave Bedard

New Washington poultry quarantine set up near B.C. border

Feb. 3, 2015 at 4:52 pm CST

Reuters — The state of Washington said Tuesday it has established a third poultry quarantine zone just outside British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, after state officials discovered a flock of about 100 birds infected with an avian influenza virus. The Washington State Department of Agriculture adopted an emergency rule on Sunday […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Husband of B.C. woman with H7N9 also infected

Jan. 30, 2015 at 8:12 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters –– The husband of a woman who tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus earlier this week was also infected, likely from a common source during their visit to China, federal and provincial officials confirmed Friday. The couple, residents of British Columbia, exhibited symptoms one day […]

By Reuters

Canada expands blocks on U.S. poultry, eggs

Jan. 28, 2015 at 8:08 pm CST

Canada’s avian flu-related ban on imports of poultry, birds and eggs from Washington and Oregon has been expanded to include the same products from California and Idaho. The ban was expanded after outbreaks of avian flu in poultry in the past week in both states, including a backyard flock of […]

By Staff

California turkey farm quarantined after H5N8 detected

Jan. 26, 2015 at 7:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– A California turkey farm has been quarantined after confirmation of the first case of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza strain in the Pacific Northwest, and in a commercial flock, the U.S. government said. The news on Saturday came just weeks after China […]

By Theopolis Waters

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