Second farm under quarantine over avian flu concern in Canada
( People's Daily Online )
+ - 09:47, September 30, 2007

Another chicken farm has been put under quarantine over fears of avian flu in Canada's central Saskatchewan province, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced Saturday.

Bangladesh, Thailand report H5N1 in poultry; Canada finds H7N3
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer


Sep 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Officials in Bangladesh and Thailand recently reported new H5N1 avian influenza outDeadly bird flu can pass from mother to fetusbreaks on chicken farms, and Canadian authorities today confirmed an outbreak of H7N3 influenza on a commercial poultry farm in Saskatchewan.

Deadly bird flu can pass from mother to fetus


PARIS (AFP) — The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu can pass through the placenta of a pregnant woman to her unborn fetus, scientists reported Friday.