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Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
New system helps save turkey farmers from export disaster
By: Carol Sanders
Posted: 24/12/2010 1:00 AM
HOLIDAY turkey lovers in Manitoba can take comfort and joy in knowing it's safe to eat, thanks to new software tracking the source of our poultry and meat.
A $400,000 livestock-tracking system the province installed in the fall was put to the test last month when a mild strain of avian flu hit a turkey farm in the R.M. of Rockwood.
The virus wouldn't have harmed human health, experts said, but it could've paralyzed Manitoba's poultry exports if it hadn't been quickly spotted and isolated.
"Having this 'premises identification system' was one of the key factors to our being able to respond so quickly," said Dr. Wayne Lees, Manitoba's chief veterinarian...
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
New system helps save turkey farmers from export disaster
By: Carol Sanders
Posted: 24/12/2010 1:00 AM
HOLIDAY turkey lovers in Manitoba can take comfort and joy in knowing it's safe to eat, thanks to new software tracking the source of our poultry and meat.
A $400,000 livestock-tracking system the province installed in the fall was put to the test last month when a mild strain of avian flu hit a turkey farm in the R.M. of Rockwood.
The virus wouldn't have harmed human health, experts said, but it could've paralyzed Manitoba's poultry exports if it hadn't been quickly spotted and isolated.
"Having this 'premises identification system' was one of the key factors to our being able to respond so quickly," said Dr. Wayne Lees, Manitoba's chief veterinarian...