bird flu

Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows. Since March 25, when the bird flu virus was confirmed in U.S. cattle for the first time, weekly sales of raw cow’s […]

  The current outbreak of Avian flu in BC could lead to a shortage of turkeys this Christmas. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a total of 20 farms in BC are currently infected. Most of them are in the Fraser Valley, but also Vancouver Island and in the interior. The federal agency isn’t saying […]

  The first case of bird flu has been found in Saskatchewan. The ministry of Agriculture says a snow goose found near Elrose has been confirmed as positive for avian flu. The last time bird flu was found in Saskatchewan in either commercial poultry or wild birds was in 2007. The agriculture minister says protecting […]