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No High Risk Avian Influenza Viruses Found In Canada's Wild Birds
Found on 13 Jun 2008 13:59 GMT
The Government of Canada is committed to preventing the introduction of avian influenza in Canada's domestic poultry flocks. Canada's 2007 Interagency Wild Bird Influenza Survey confirmed no findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada's wild bird population.

Australia bans imports of birds from Canada after pigeons found with bird flu...
MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-21-2005 Dateline: SYDNEY, Australia Australian authorities said Friday they are banning the import of birds from Canada after three racing pigeons tested positive for bird flu antibodies. The birds were in a consignment of 102 pigeons that

Publication: AP Worldstream

CANADA: BIRD FLU DEFEATED - BUT THE HIGH COST IS CAUSE FOR DISPUTE
Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 08-30-2004 BROOKLIN, Canada, Aug. 27, 2004 (IPS/GIN) - While the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday that more money and attention is needed to contain bird flu in Asia, Canada's recent outbreak was successfully contained in less than

Publication: Inter Press Service English News Wire

Canada to cull chickens in bird flu affected farms
Canada to cull chickens in bird flu affected farms OTTAWA, March 25 (Xinhua) - Some 275,000 chickens and turkeys on farms in a hot zone infected with avian flu in Canada's western province of British Columbia will be killed in an effort to stop the spread of the disease, it is reported Thursday.

Publication: Xinhua News Agency

Canada customs screening visitors for bird flu
Canada customs screening visitors for bird flu OTTAWA, March 1 (Xinhua) - Fears over the spread of a lethal bird flu strain have prompted Canadian customs officials to beep up inspections for travelers arriving from Europe, local media reported Wednesday. The Toronto Star reported that Canadian

Publication: Xinhua News Agency

Canada finds bird flu in wild ducks
TORONTO - Nearly three dozen wild ducks have tested positive for the H5 bird flu virus in Canada, officials reported Monday, but they said it was unlikely to be the strain blamed for more than 60 human deaths in Southeast Asia. Dr. Jim Clark of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it would

Publication: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Canada testing bird flu found on farm
Canada testing bird flu found on farm Associated Press Friday, February 20, 2004 Toronto - Canadian officials are testing samples of a low-risk bird flu virus that has been detected on a British Columbia farm to determine if the strain is one that kills almost all infected poultry. The H-7 avian

Publication: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Scientists say bird flu could migrate to U.S. next year; Biologists have not ...
DENVER - As bird flu is spread continent-to-continent by wild birds, the seasonal migration that is normally one of nature's wonders is becoming something scary. Could bird flu reach North America through migrating birds? Biologists in Alaska and Canada are keeping an eye out and say it's

Publication: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)

China calls bird flu a "serious epidemic," Canada announces new cases
WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-23-2005 Dateline: HONG KONG China called bird flu a "serious epidemic" and reported three new outbreaks of the deadly virus in different parts of the country, while Canada announced multiple new cases but stressed they are not the virulent

Publication: AP Worldstream

Feature: Bird flu viruses turn up again in Canada
Feature: Bird flu viruses turn up again in Canada OTTAWA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) - Ken Falk, President of Fraser Valley Duck and Goose Ltd., lost 140,000 birds in the outbreak of a bird flu in Canada's western province of British Columbia in 2004. Now he is bracing for another possible hit to his

Publication: Xinhua News Agency

Canada prepared for bird flu: health minister
Canada prepared for bird flu: health minister OTTAWA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) - Canada has stockpiled enough vaccine to contain an outbreak if the deadly bird flu becomes transmittable from human to human, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said. The minister said that "it would be next to impossible" to

Publication: Xinhua News Agency