Insights and Stories on Avian Flu

U.S. begins testing bird flu vaccines for poultry after record outbreak

Apr. 14, 2023 at 7:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is testing four potential bird flu vaccines for poultry, officials said on Friday, after more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have died in the nation’s worst outbreak ever. The trials, conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research […]

Ontario domestic dog dies of avian flu

Apr. 5, 2023 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

B.C. farmers granted late entry for AgriStability

Mar. 17, 2023 at 5:55 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

High-path avian flu pops back up in southern Ontario

Mar. 16, 2023 at 6:53 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Flu experts gather with H5N1 risk on the agenda

Feb. 24, 2023 at 2:14 am CST

By Jennifer Rigby

More South American nations report bird flu cases

Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:04 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — The confirmation of more bird flu cases in South America raised alarm bells in Brazil, which remains free of contagion even after its close neighbours Argentina and Uruguay confirmed cases there on Wednesday. In a press conference to discuss the global sanitary hazard, Brazilian Agriculture […]

By Ana Mano Maximilian Heath Victor Borges

Alberta poultry sector gets late entry for AgriStability

Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:59 am CST

In the wake of avian influenza outbreaks in the region, Alberta poultry producers have been granted a late participation option to sign up for the federal/provincial AgriStability income stabilization program. Provincial Ag Minister Nate Horner on Wednesday announced the two levels of government have reached an agreement to allow poultry […]

By Dave Bedard

Avian flu pops back up in New Brunswick

Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:27 am CST

Highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic birds in Canada appears to be in check so far this month in most regions of the country outside southwestern B.C. — but for one recent case in Atlantic Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed an outbreak of high-path avian flu […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. avian flu outbreak of 2022 wipes out record number of birds

Nov. 24, 2022 at 5:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed Thursday. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping […]

By Tom Polansek

Bird flu pressure bears down on B.C. farms

Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:02 pm CST

Commercial poultry farmers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley have come out the worst so far this month in Canada’s year-long fight with highly pathogenic avian influenza. Since Wednesday last week, that region alone has seen outbreaks on 13 commercial poultry farms: nine at Abbotsford, three at Chillwack and one in […]

By Dave Bedard

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