Their project is funded by the Ontario government and supported by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Jardine said, and their work began about a year ago. “With the start of avian influenza ...

Avian flu, also commonly referred to as bird flu, primarily spreads among wild birds such as ducks and gulls and can also infect farmed and domestic birds such as chickens, turkeys and quails.

it's tinged with anxiety this year as well thanks to reports of avian influenza in southern Ontario. The Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative attached to the University of Guelph monitors the ...

He is the lead author of a study that found antibodies to avian flu present in horses' blood. "On top of that, H5N1 viruses were considered not to be transmissible among mammals. But that notion ...

Evidence of bird flu infections in horses signals a new frontier in viral ... Influenza A(H5N1) is one of several "avian influenza viruses (AIVs)," notable for causing severe and usually lethal ...

fifty snow geese found dead at Kashong Point on Seneca Lake near the border of Ontario and Yates counties were tested for bird flu. Tests showed these geese tested positive for avian influenza ...