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Avian flu found in wild birds with Abbotsford flyways
By Christina Toth, Abbotsford Times November 2, 2011
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has found a low pathogenicity H7 avian influenza virus in wild birds in central and western Canada.
The virus was found in healthy mallards by Canada's Inter-Agency Wild Bird Influenza Survey, an early warning system designed to detect AI viruses in the wild that could be transmitted to domestic poultry, during regular testing during the fall migratory season.
Regions such as the Fraser Valley are on wild bird flyways, although this virus was identified in healthy live mallards sampled in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in the course of regular testing during the fall migratory season.
Low pathogenicity influenza viruses commonly circulate in the wild bird population with little or no impact on the health of domestic birds or people...
Avian flu found in wild birds with Abbotsford flyways
By Christina Toth, Abbotsford Times November 2, 2011
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has found a low pathogenicity H7 avian influenza virus in wild birds in central and western Canada.
The virus was found in healthy mallards by Canada's Inter-Agency Wild Bird Influenza Survey, an early warning system designed to detect AI viruses in the wild that could be transmitted to domestic poultry, during regular testing during the fall migratory season.
Regions such as the Fraser Valley are on wild bird flyways, although this virus was identified in healthy live mallards sampled in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in the course of regular testing during the fall migratory season.
Low pathogenicity influenza viruses commonly circulate in the wild bird population with little or no impact on the health of domestic birds or people...