Articles Tagged with ''avian influenza''

A confirmed case of highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Stanislaus County, California.

China is banning all imports of U.S. poultry, poultry products and eggs as a result of strains of avian influenza found in the Pacific Northwest.

The flock of approximately 100 birds has access to the outdoors.

The most recent farm was quarantined after a farmer reported a higher number of turkey deaths than usual on Friday.

Testing has confirmed the presence of H5 avian influenza on two farms in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.

China imposed the ban in 2007 after turkeys at a farm in Virginia tested positive for avian flu.

In the Fall 2008, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) publication PoultryTech reported on the potential of using an optical biosensor developed by GTRI for the detection of the avian influenza (AI) virus*. The optical sensor is low-cost, easy to use, field-deployable, and provides rapid results less than 30 minutes.