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Quebec farms quarantined under fears of avian flu

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=500 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=fullstoryTitle>http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/story/qc-poultry20060301.html

Quebec farms quarantined under fears of avian flu
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=credits vAlign=top height=30>Last updated Mar 1 2006 05:21 PM EST
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=stories>Eight Quebec poultry farms are under quarantine after they imported live ducks and eggs from France, the latest country to be hit with the deadly avian flu.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the birds appear to be in good health and that it is unlikely they are infected.


The agency took samples to test for the H5N1 virus and results are expected within the next few days.


The birds appear to be in good health, says agency official Dr. Doug Steadman.


Authorities are confident that they're not infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
The H5N1 strain is feared largely because it has, in rare cases, infected humans in close contact with infected birds, mostly in southeast Asia.
Scientists are concerned the virus could mutate to pass from human to human and spark a human flu pandemic.


There have been 174 human cases of avian influenza in seven countries, 94 of them fatal, according to the World Health Organization.


Canada has banned all live birds from France as well as poultry products that haven't undergone heat processing.
 
Tests are negative.

Tests are negative.

Thursday, March 02, 2006 5:35:35 PM ET
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Tests for avian influenza on eight Canadian poultry farms that imported birds from France have all turned out negative, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Thursday.
The Quebec farms were quarantined after they imported 20,000 domestic fowl from France, where the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected on a poultry farm last week.
http://www.metronews.ca/reuters_national.asp?id=134330
 
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