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Two turkey farms in Canada have been placed under quarantine after
H5 bird flu was detected in one of them, Canadian health authorities said. The
Canadian agency responsible for food inspections said it was conducting further
tests to determine the precise strain of the virus and the severity of the
infection Preliminary testing confirmed the presence of H5 in a farm near
Woodstock, Ontario, after the sudden
deaths of birds over several days, the The Canadian Food
Inspection Agency said Monday.
The agency “has placed the farm, and a neighboring farm, under
quarantine to control disease spread and the industry sector has been notified
to adopt enhanced biosecurity practices,” it said.
All the birds on the infected farm are to be killed. The agency
said avian flu does not pose a risk to food safety if the poultry is properly
handled and cooked, and rarely affects humans not in constant contact with the
birds.
But it said, “public health authorities stand ready to take
precautionary measures as warranted.” At the end of 2014, several poultry farms
in British Columbia were hit by the H5N2 virus, resulting in large scale
culling of birds and a ban on trade in poultry products with the United States.
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