Avian Bird Flu

• Avian flu and dogs: How to protect your pets as cases of the fatal virus rise

  While the avian flu is primarily a disease of birds, it can also infect mammals, especially those who hunt, scavenge or otherwise consume infected birds.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2023
  
• Bird flu’s momentum in Canada worries experts: ‘Potential to become a pandemic’

  The bird flu is spreading across Canada, leaving some experts worried about its potential to become more transmissible among humans, and potentially sparking another pandemic.

  Health

  Mar 25, 2023
  
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• Stratford warns about feeding birds after swan dies of avian flu

  The City of Stratford has issued a warning about feeding birds in the area after one of its swans recently died after contracting the H5N1 avian flu.

  Canada

  May 20, 2022
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• U.S. reports first human bird flu case in Colorado prison inmate

  The CDC said it has tracked the health of more than 2,500 people who have been exposed to H5N1 virus-infected birds, but that this was the only confirmed case to date.

  World

  Apr 29, 2022
• Another Abbotsford farm infected with avian flu; brings total to nine

  Another boiler chicken farm in Abbotsford has tested positive for the avian flu; which brings the total number of infected areas in the Fraser Valley to nine.

  Dec 12, 2014