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Avian flu in Canada: what you need to know about poultry and milk safety Aitrend

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Avian flu in Canada: what you need to know about poultry and milk safety Aitrend

People have heard a lot about H5N1 avian flu — or highly pathogenic avian flu — since a British Columbia teenager became the first human contracted the virus in Canada and is hospitalized. We don’t yet know how a teenager was infectedbut Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, said Wednesday that genomic sequencing … Read more

British Columbia veterinary clinics must implement avian flu protocols due to risk of human exposure Aitrend

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Avian flu in Canada: what you need to know about poultry and milk safety Aitrend

B.C.’s chief veterinarian has told clinics that treat wild birds they must establish protocols to prevent the spread of bird fluwarning of the risk of human exposure to the disease. Dr. Theresa Burns said in a letter to veterinarians last week that reports of sick and dead wild birds across the province have increased recently … Read more