The ostrich farm in British Columbia, which has become the flash point of a avian flu The epidemic, “did not cooperate” with the authorities to manage the epidemic, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Universal ostruch Farm “has failed to undertake appropriate measures to mitigate biosecurity,” the CFIA said in a statement. Cfia had … Read more
An Oregon pet food company issued a voluntary recall after a domestic cat died after eating its products and tested positive. bird fluand the company claims the same contaminated batch was sold in British Columbia. Northwest Naturals in Portland, Oregon, said in a statement that it was recalling a two-pound batch of its Feline Turkey … Read more
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
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