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Ostriches at BC Farm Have Version of Avian Flu Not Seen Elsewhere in Canada: CFIA

The type of avian flu infection present at a B.C. ostrich farm where a cull is planned is a mutation not seen elsewhere in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday.

It said the version includes a genotype that has been associated with a human infection in a poultry worker in Ohio.

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