Tag: Bird flu
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City staff recommend against returning birds to Harrison Park
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Prospects look dim for restoring the exotic birds to the bird sanctuary in Harrison Park, after an outbreak of avian flu led to a mass culling of those birds in September 2022, but the city’s swans could remain. Owen Sound’s draft master plan for Harrison Park recommends not keeping exotic bird or swans and waterfowl…
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Bird flu outbreak forces area poultry plant to shut down
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has temporarily shut down operations at a Perth County poultry processing plant after highly pathogenic avian influenza was discovered in poultry that had recently been transported to the plant.
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Influenza A makes early appearance in Grey-Bruce
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Someone in Bruce County has tested positive for the flu, a sign the annual respiratory bug has come early this year, the Grey Bruce Health Unit announced Thursday. Influenza A was lab-confirmed Sept. 20. In years immediately before COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce, it was confirmed by a lab on Nov. 18, 2018 and on Nov. 20,…
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Bird flu forces cancellation of national poultry show at Western Fair District
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A two-day gathering at Western Fair District that is a showcase for Canada’s poultry industry has been cancelled for the third year in a row in the shadow of bird flu outbreaks across Canada. “There’s a strong sense that the industry wants to go forward (after two years of COVID cancellations), it’s just right now…
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Two new bird flu outbreaks bring Ontario total to 16
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A new strain of bird flu has spread to 16 Ontario farms and seven Canadian provinces, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. Another outbreak in the Township of South Glengarry, just west of the Quebec border, as well as one in the city of Markham north of Toronto were added to the federal agency’s list…
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Bird flu: Outbreak detected near Durham as number of affected Ontario farms hits 14
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Two new outbreaks of bird flu in Ontario were announced Wednesday, including one at a farm near Durham.
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Bird flu: New outbreak, province’s 12th, detected near Quebec border
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Ontario now has 12 outbreaks of a new strain of the bird flu, the federal government reported Tuesday. The latest outbreak – reported by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on its website – is in South Glengarry Township, just west of the Quebec border. It is the second in that area; another outbreak, the…
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Bird flu spreads to 11 Ontario farms, claims 84,000 birds: Agency
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About 84,000 birds in Ontario have died or been destroyed since a new strain of bird flu was detected in the province last month. Craig Price, who is heading up the federal government’s response to the discovery of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, said at a media briefing Monday outbreaks have been…
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Bird flu: Another London region farm hit by outbreak
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Four more bird flu outbreaks were reported by the federal government on Thursday, including one at a farm in Chatham-Kent. With the addition of the latest cases, a total of 10 outbreaks have been declared in Ontario since March 27. The Chatham-Kent outbreak — detected Wednesday but not announced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency…
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Local movement of birds, eggs restricted as officials seek to contain bird flu
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A federal agency trying to keep a lid on bird flu that has spread to six farms in Ontario is restricting the movement of birds and eggs in a large chunk of western Oxford County. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has established a “control zone” that extends north of Embro, east to Woodstock,…