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"VANCOUVER (CP) - A strain of H5 bird flu has been found in a duck on a commercial farm in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.
B.C. government officials said Friday there is no risk to human health, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has quarantined the farm after an outbreak of avian influenza in the area in 2004.
At this point, health officials say they are not sure which strain of the H5 avian bird flu was found in the duck."
http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article.jsp?content=n1118109A
I would bet good money this is the normal non virulent strain of avian influenza, cause there have been no reports of sick birds in Alaska.
Either that or this is one hell of a well travelled duck.
Doesn't matter though, these chicken farms in the Fraser Valley, one of which I actually worked for when I was 14, are toast. Again.
B.C. government officials said Friday there is no risk to human health, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has quarantined the farm after an outbreak of avian influenza in the area in 2004.
At this point, health officials say they are not sure which strain of the H5 avian bird flu was found in the duck."
http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article.jsp?content=n1118109A
I would bet good money this is the normal non virulent strain of avian influenza, cause there have been no reports of sick birds in Alaska.
Either that or this is one hell of a well travelled duck.
Doesn't matter though, these chicken farms in the Fraser Valley, one of which I actually worked for when I was 14, are toast. Again.