Avian Influenza Detected In Saskatchewan Statement From The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister Of Agriculture And Agri … (Medical News Today) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has moved quickly and decisively to quarantine a farm in Saskatchewan and has confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI). [click link for full article] [News Source]

Avian Influenza Detected In Saskatchewan, Canada (Medical News Today) Highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza has been detected in a commercial poultry operation in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced recently. This virus is not the same as the strain circulating in Asia, Africa and Europe, which has been associated with human illness. H7N3 is not normally associated with serious human illness. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Lesser Avian flu found in Canada (Billings Gazette) Upland game bird and waterfowl hunters who travel north of the border into Saskatchewan will not be able to bring any birds they shoot back into the United States. An outbreak of avian influenza H7N3 was discovered Thursday in a poultry farm near Regi ... [News Source]

Second farm under quarantine over avian flu concern in Canada (People’s Daily) Another chicken farm has been put under quarantine over fears of avian flu in Canada's central Saskatchewan province, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced Saturday. But the agency said the move is only a precautionary me ... [News Source]

Saskatchewan poultry industry not facing doom over avian flu (Canada.com) REGINA -- Saskatchewan's wide open spaces act as a "natural biosecurity" measure against the spread of avian influenza between commercial poultry operations, industry groups say. [News Source]

Bird flu fear for unborn babies. The deadly bird flu virus can infect unborn babies, fuelling fears the bug is even more dangerous than first thought. [News Source]

Saskatchewan poultry industry not facing doom over avian flu (Canada.com) REGINA -- Saskatchewan's wide open spaces act as a "natural biosecurity" measure against the spread of avian influenza between commercial poultry operations, industry groups say. [News Source]

Lesser Avian flu found in Canada (Billings Gazette) Upland game bird and waterfowl hunters who travel north of the border into Saskatchewan will not be able to bring any birds they shoot back into the United States. An outbreak of avian influenza H7N3 was discovered Thursday in a poultry farm near Regi ... [News Source]

State Drill Addresses Bird Flu (Southwest Times Record) LITTLE ROCK — About 80 health officials on Thursday were presented a variety of scenarios involving a deadly avian flu outbreak in Arkansas and asked how they would address the problem and protect the health and safety of citizens. [News Source]

Avian flu found on poultry farm in Saskatchewan (Minot Daily News) REGINA, Sask. – Canadian authorities have confirmed that avian influenza has been discovered on a Saskatchewan poultry farm and 50,000 chickens were to be destroyed Friday with carbon dioxide gas. [News Source]

‘Avian flu can pass from mother to fetus’ (The Times of India) NEW DELHI: Expectant mothers infected with avian influenza can pass on the deadly bird flu virus to their unborn children, fuelling fears that a pandemic could be much more dangerous than previously thought. [News Source]

Avian Flu In Humans Had Multiple Effects: Can Even Cross Placenta To Fetus (Science Daily) H5N1 influenza, also known as avian influenza, is considered a major global threat to human health, with high fatality rates. Studies of human H5N1 victims shed light on the anatomic distribution of the avian flu virus and its pathogenesis. Scientists found that the avian influenza H5N1 virus affects much more than respiratory system: disseminates to gastrointestinal tract, immune and central ... [News Source]