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No signs Canada bird flu outbreak has spread

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:11:08 +0100

There is no sign an outbreak of bird flu in Canada has spread beyond the turkey farm near Vancouver where the disease was discovered last week but testing continues, officials said.

Canada's north worried about bird flu

Sat, 20 May 2006 08:58:00 +0200

It's springtime in the Northwest Territories. The ice on the Mackenzie River is drifting away and the birds have returned.

Wild birds with H5 flu virus found in Canada

Wild birds with H5 flu virus found in Canada OTTAWA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Several birds in Canada have been discovered to be carrying unidentified H5 flu viruses, but it is not known if they have H5N1 virus, the dangerous subtype of the avian flu, health officials confirmed Monday. The infected wild ...

Scientists say bird flu could migrate to U.S. next year; Biologists have not yet found the virus in flocks in Canada and Alaska

DENVER (AP) - As bird flu is spread continent-to-continent by wild birds, the seasonal migration that is normally one of nature's wonders is becoming something scary. Could bird flu reach North America through migrating birds? Biologists in Alaska and Canada are keeping an eye out and say it's ...

Canada finds bird flu in wild ducks

TORONTO -- Nearly three dozen wild ducks have tested positive for the H5 bird flu virus in Canada, officials reported Monday, but they said it was unlikely to be the strain blamed for more than 60 human deaths in Southeast Asia. Dr. Jim Clark of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it would ...

Bird-flu fears stir talk of breaking of drug patents; Health officials confer in Canada.

Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES OTTAWA - Officials taking part in a conference of health ministers from around the world on a possible bird-flu pandemic said yesterday that they are considering breaking the patent of an existing vaccine and a drug against a similar virus. Although the ...

Australia bans imports of birds from Canada after pigeons found with bird flu antibodies

MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-21-2005 Dateline: SYDNEY, AustraliaAustralian authorities said Friday they are banning the import of birds from Canada after three racing pigeons tested positive for bird flu antibodies.The birds were in a consignment of 102 pigeons that ...

Canada prepared for bird flu: health minister

Canada prepared for bird flu: health minister OTTAWA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Canada has stockpiled enough vaccine to contain an outbreak if the deadly bird flu becomes transmittable from human to human, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said. The minister said that "it would be next to impossible" to ...

Canada geese tested State collects samples in West Rockport to check for bird flu

Canada geese: They're big, loud, often ornery creatures willing to stare down an approaching car, never mind a person, rather than budge an inch. Now imagine their mood while being restrained and flipped onto their backs so that someone can swab their bottoms.That would describe the frenzied scene ...

China calls bird flu a "serious epidemic," Canada announces new cases

WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-23-2005 Dateline: HONG KONGChina called bird flu a "serious epidemic" and reported three new outbreaks of the deadly virus in different parts of the country, while Canada announced multiple new cases but stressed they are not the virulent ...

Feature: Bird flu viruses turn up again in Canada

Feature: Bird flu viruses turn up again in Canada OTTAWA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ken Falk, President of Fraser Valley Duck and Goose Ltd., lost 140,000 birds in the outbreak of a bird flu in Canada's western province of British Columbia in 2004. Now he is bracing for another possible hit to his ...

CANADA: BIRD FLU DEFEATED - BUT THE HIGH COST IS CAUSE FOR DISPUTE

Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 08-30-2004 BROOKLIN, Canada, Aug. 27, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- While the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday that more money andattention is needed to contain bird flu in Asia, Canada's recentoutbreak was successfully contained in less than ...

The Global Bird Flu Riddle

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:55:24 +0200

Bird flu patients die of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). What causes ARDS and what makes it fatal? Read it here …