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California's H5N1 dairy response: Lessons learned
During the Animal Health Canada forum, Dr. Ward shared insight into her experience with avian influenza A(H5N1) in California dairy cattle. This article summarizes the lessons learned, such as "It was...
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Poultry Meat Conference 2025: Insights and Reflections
Across sessions on biosecurity, training, data and sustainability, a consistent message emerged: progress comes not from one-off changes, but from continuous improvement and collaboration across the...
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Air, wastewater may play roles in H5N1 transmission on dairy farms
Though H5N1 avian flu outbreaks on US dairy farms have declined sharply over the past several months, scientists are still sorting out how the virus spreads on farms, and new findings from California...
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Drought and infestation prompts livestock agricultural disaster in western Alberta
CTV News reported, "A western Alberta municipal district is seeking provincial aid after declaring an agricultural disaster for the livestock industry last week...
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Federal Court of Appeal reserves decision in ostrich farm avian flu case
An update to the highly pathogenic avian influenza ostrich case in BC. The Federal Court of Appeal heard arguments on Tuesday. Global News...
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Supporting smallholder producers / Appuyons les petits éleveurs de bétail et de volaille
Animal Health Canada's Poultry and Livestock Emergency Management Network (PLEMN) met recently. The blog highlighted what's working and what's not working regarding small farms, hobbyists, and...
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Hickman details ‘slow-motion wreck’ from bird flu
Mr. Hickman from Hickman's Family Farms in Arizona stated in an interview “Our chickens got sick because of the proximity to this dairy, and we just had kind of a slow-motion wreck since May 16...
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Türkiye closes all animal markets nationwide due to foot-and-mouth disease risk
Türkiye's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ordered the immediate closure of all animal markets nationwide due to a surge in foot-and-mouth disease cases following increased livestock movement...
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