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Quarantines Lifted from Two Canadian Poultry Farms |
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WINNIPEG - Routine quarantines have been lifted from two of the eight Quebec poultry farms that recently tested negative for bird flu, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Wednesday.
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The birds, imported from France where the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected on a farm in February, were released from the standard 30-day quarantines required for most animal imports. Precautionary avian influenza tests for the domestic fowl on the eight Quebec farms turned out negative last week, the CFIA said. The CFIA expected the quarantines on the remaining six farms to be lifted within weeks, granted their health status does not change. Canada imposed curbs on poultry from France after the dangerous strain of bird flu was discovered there. The H5N1 virus has killed 96 people worldwide since 2003.
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REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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