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Is it time to vaccinate Canadian poultry against bird flu?

Canada doesn’t vaccinate poultry against highly pathogenic avian influenza; the head of the World Organization for Animal Health thinks it may be time to add vaccination to the tool kit

Canada doesn’t vaccinate poultry against highly pathogenic avian influenza. The head of the World Organization for Animal Health thinks it may be time to add vaccination to the tool kit.












Agricultural product exports rose in August, partially offsetting a decline in exports of other products.  |  File photo

Canada posts another trade deficit in August

It was the country’s six consecutive monthly deficit, blamed mainly on lower crude oil prices and pulp and paper exports

OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada recorded a bigger-than-expected trade deficit of $1.1 billion in August, its sixth consecutive monthly shortfall, as imports rose while exports declined, Statistics Canada data shows. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a $500 million deficit in the month. July’s trade balance was revised to a $287 million deficit from a surplus […] Read more