4 d. ago ’Deep burial’ for ostriches at B.C. landfill as CFIA completes cull, disposal work

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has completed its “active operations” at the British Columbia ostrich farm where professional marksmen were used to cull the flock following an outbreak of avian flu, the agency said in a statement Thursday. The carcasses of 314 ostriches have been disposed of through “deep burial” at a B.C. landfill along […]

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1 week ago ‘Couldn’t stomach it’: Ostriches loaded in bins after shooting cull stuns protesters

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — It had taken more than 10 months before the first gunshots marked the beginning of a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was ordered during an avian flu outbreak last New Year’s Eve. But it was over within hours of starting on Thursday night, and […]

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2 w. ago B.C. sees 1st avian flu outbreaks since January as 9 confirmed in poultry stocks

A list published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency shows the virus has been detected in nine commercial poultry flocks in the region over the last two weeks.

Economics

2 w. ago Avian flu on the rise in B.C., nine outbreaks confirmed this month in poultry flocks

A list published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency shows the virus has been detected in nine commercial poultry flocks in the region over the last two weeks.

Economics

3 w. ago No humans infected amid avian flu outbreak at Butterfield Acres: Primary Care Alberta

Twenty recent visitors to Butterfield Acres were referred for testing through Health Link and no cases of avian flu were detected

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3 w. ago Belgium orders all poultry to be kept indoors over bird flu outbreak

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, was detected on a turkey farm near Diksmuide in the north of Belgium this week.

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