Poultry products bantay-sarado kontra bird flu virus UPANG masiguro na walang makakalusot na bird flu virus sa Pilipinas, mahigpit na binabantayan ng National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) ang mga cold storage facility at distribution centers ng mga poultry product sa buong bansa. Sinabi ni NMIS Executive Director Jane Bacayo na inatasan na niya ang lahat ng kanilang regional offices na i-monitor ang [...] [News Source]

DA assures availability of ‘Bird-flu Free’ meat for Christmas MANILA, Nov. 28 (PNA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured consumers Friday there will be a “Bird-flu” free meat this Christmas season. [News Source]

Province to overhaul animal health rules after avian flu and BSE scares The province hopes to leverage some of the lessons learned from the 2004 outbreak of avian influenza and the 2003 outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy that engulfed 40 countries including Canada when it overhauls the rules that govern animal disease prevention, control and eradication. [News Source]

In the season of bird flu, beware of dead ducks MANILA, Philippines - Who would have thought that ducks played such a major role in the scare called the avian influenza virus? [News Source]

Canada says bird flu case of low severity The most-recent case of bird flu in Canada is a low-severity strain of the virus, government officials said on Thursday. [News Source]

PH to use ‘bird-flu free’ stamp on meat products The re-emergence of bird flu incidences in the Philippines' neighboring countries has prompted the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) to assure traders that local and imported poultry meat products in government-accredited storage facilities are safe. [News Source]

Low-risk avian flu at turkey operation An outbreak of bird flu at a commercial turkey operation north of Winnipeg has been confirmed as the low-risk H5N2 avian influenza. [News Source]

Avian Influenza Virus In Manitoba Confirmed To Be Low Pathogenic, Canada The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that the virus detected in a commercial poultry operation in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba is low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza. Pathogenicity refers to the severity of the illness caused in birds. The infected farm remains under quarantine, and all birds in the operation will be humanely destroyed within days. As a ... [News Source]

Avian Influenza Confirmed In Manitoba, Canada The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of an avian influenza virus in a commercial poultry operation in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba. Further testing is underway to determine the precise subtype and pathogenicity of the virus. Pathogenicity refers to the severity of the illness caused in birds. Clinical assessment and laboratory analysis to date ... [News Source]

Inspection agency assures ‘Bird-flu free’ meat for Christmas THE re-emergence of bird flu incidences in the Philippines’ neighboring countries has prompted the National Meat Inspection Service to issue yesterday an instruction to all its field offices to stamp the “Bird-flu Free” logo in all meat and meat products inspection certificate (MMPIC) issued from the agency’s accredited cold storages and distribution centers. NMIS executive [...] [News Source]

Canada says bird flu case of low severity WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The most-recent case of bird flu in Canada is a low-severity strain of the virus, government officials said on Thursday. The avian influenza virus found in southern Manitoba is the low pathogenic H5N2 strain, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said in a press release. [News Source]

No human risk from bird flu at turkey farm: doc The recent outbreak of bird flu on a Manitoba farm should not dissuade consumers from buying turkeys. [News Source]