Tag: Avian Flu

CFIA fines Universal Ostrich Farm over Avian Flu non-nompliance

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Edgewood’s Universal Ostrich Farm has been fined $20,000 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CIFA) for failing to cooperate...

As teen recovers from avian flu, researchers stumped as cause still unknown

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Researchers still don’t know how a young BC teen got sick with a particularly nasty version of the bird...

Provincial bird flu investigation finds no new human cases

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The extensive multi-agency public health investigation into the first human case of avian flu (bird flu) acquired in Canada...

First human case of Avian Flu detected in BC

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BC health officials have launched a public health investigation into what is believed to be the first human case...

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