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Minnesota bans bird exhibitions over avian flu

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 15, 2015

Minneapolis | Reuters –– Minnesota officials on Friday banned all bird exhibitions in the state this year, including at the Minnesota State Fair, in response to an outbreak of avian influenza that has affected farms around the Midwest. Exhibitions at fairs, swap meets, exotic sales and petting zoos must not include birds for the rest […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska

By GFM Network News May 12, 2015

Reuters — The fast-spreading avian flu virus was confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, at a commercial egg-laying farm that housed a flock of 1.7 million chickens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The case in Dixon County, Nebraska, brings the number of states affected by the outbreak to 16, and the […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 1, 2015

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 strain of the virus. “While […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 29, 2015

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, said Patrick Girard, spokesman for […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Third Ont. farm with avian flu cleared of birds

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 28, 2015

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 completed at the Bright, Ont. […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Tests turn up avian flu at third Ont. poultry farm

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 24, 2015

Already under preventive quarantine, a turkey farm in southwestern Ontario’s Oxford County is now believed to have the province’s third avian flu outbreak in poultry. On its website Friday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it was notified Thursday that presumptive H5 avian flu had been detected at the farm in tests by the University […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Minnesota declares state of emergency over avian flu

By GFM Network News April 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Minnesota declared a state of emergency on Thursday over a fast-spreading strain of avian flu that has led to the extermination of more than 7.3 million birds in the country. It followed Wisconsin’s action on Monday. The highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of bird flu has been identified on 46 Minnesota farms […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

By GFM Network News April 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Faced with a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected millions of chickens and turkeys, the U.S. Agriculture Department could turn to what it has always seen as a last resort: readying and deploying a vaccine to fight the disease. Up to now, USDA has said it would prefer not to […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Iowa reports biggest single U.S. outbreak of bird flu

By GFM Network News April 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Iowa, the top U.S. egg-producing state, found a lethal strain of bird flu in millions of hens at an egg-laying facility on Monday, the worst case so far in a national outbreak that prompted Wisconsin to declare a state of emergency. The infected Iowa birds were being raised near the city […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Ont. chicken farm’s avian flu confirmed as high-path H5N2

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 20, 2015

The avian flu that swept a broiler breeder chicken operation in southwestern Ontario’s Oxford County has been confirmed as highly pathogenic H5N2. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Sunday its lab tests in Winnipeg have confirmed the virus’ pathogenicity and subtype. The farm, southwest of Kitchener, was quarantined Saturday after preliminary tests confirmed a […] Read more

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Tag Archives H5N2

Minnesota bans bird exhibitions over avian flu

Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

Third Ont. farm with avian flu cleared of birds

Tests turn up avian flu at third Ont. poultry farm

Minnesota declares state of emergency over avian flu

U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

Iowa reports biggest single U.S. outbreak of bird flu

Ont. chicken farm’s avian flu confirmed as high-path H5N2

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