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UN needs $20 million to battle bird flu in West Africa
The UN appealed on Monday for $20 million to stem outbreaks of bird flu in West Africa, a region still weakened by the Ebola crisis.
Jul 20, 2015
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Ghana bans sale, movement of live poultry to stop bird flu spread
Ghana has banned the sale and transport of live poultry after the H5N1 virus killed thousands of birds, while there has been no record of human infection, the ministry of agriculture has said.
Jul 16, 2015
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Federal government to step up bird flu monitoring this fall
The federal government announced plans Thursday to step up monitoring wild birds for avian influenza this fall to provide an early warning of any resurgence of a disease that devastated poultry farms in the Upper Midwest.
Jul 2, 2015
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Bird flu confirmed at Iowa farm with 5.3 million chickens
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the bird flu virus has been found at a farm holding nearly 10 percent of Iowa's egg-laying chickens.
Apr 20, 2015
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Canada quarantines chicken farm infected with bird flu
Canadian health officials have quarantined another poultry farm found to be infected with bird flu, authorities said.
Apr 19, 2015
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Canada expands turkey farm quarantine to stem bird flu
Canadian health officials broadened a quarantine around two turkey farms to nine Wednesday, after H5 bird flu was detected in one of them.
Apr 8, 2015
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H5 bird flu found on Canada turkey farm
Two turkey farms in Canada have been placed under quarantine after H5 bird flu was detected in one of them, Canadian health authorities said.
Apr 7, 2015
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Amid bird flu outbreak, turkey farmers increase security
Poultry producers in the nation's top turkey state are taking extra steps to protect their flocks after a devastating strain of bird flu was confirmed at two Minnesota farms in as many days last week, a disease that had already ...
Mar 30, 2015
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'Low risk' bird flu outbreak at Dutch farm: official
Dutch authorities have identified an outbreak of avian flu in chickens at a farm in the centre of the country that is likely a "low risk" strain, officials said Thursday.
Mar 12, 2015
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Two Nigerian cities hit by bird flu
Thousands of chickens have been culled in southern Nigeria after the discovery of bird flu in some poultry farms, the local health authorities said on Tuesday.
Jan 20, 2015
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