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Low-path H7N3 bird flu believed to have gone high-path in U.S.

High-path H7N3 found in South Carolina turkeys

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News April 10, 2020

A low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) strain of H7N3 avian influenza that recently turned up in turkeys in the southeastern U.S. appears to have gone high-path. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Thursday confirmed highly-pathogenic H7N3 avian flu in a commercial turkey flock in Chesterfield County, in northern South Carolina. “It […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Missouri turkeys turn up with low-path bird flu

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 11, 2018

A commercial flock of about 20,000 turkeys in southwestern Missouri has turned up with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) H7N1 avian flu, marking the first such case in the U.S. this year. The flock was on a turkey farm in Jasper County, about 140 km northwest of Branson. Missouri is on the Mississippi flyway for migratory birds, which […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

By Alberta Farmer Staff October 3, 2016

A federal quarantine has been lifted for a duck farm near St. Catharines, Ont. where birds were confirmed in July with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has reported the quarantine was lifted effective Sept. 20, at the end of a 21-day waiting period after the commercial-scale farm was depopulated, cleaned and […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Bird flu control zone set up around Ontario duck farm

By Alberta Farmer Staff July 8, 2016

About 14,000 commercial ducks at a farm west of St. Catharines, Ont. are being euthanized following confirmation of a low-pathogenic strain of H5N2 avian flu in the flock. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday confirmed the influenza subtype, the day after announcing the low-path H5 flu outbreak, the resulting quarantine and the plans for […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

By Tom Polansek May 3, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. authorities destroyed 39,000 turkeys in Missouri due to an outbreak of a mild form of avian flu, the World Organization for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as officials remained on alert for new cases. State authorities also have begun a quarantine and taken surveillance measures around the farm in Jasper […] Read more

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Low-path H7N3 bird flu believed to have gone high-path in U.S.

Missouri turkeys turn up with low-path bird flu

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

Bird flu control zone set up around Ontario duck farm

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

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