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To: Yogizuna who wrote (1032)	2/20/2004 7:22:32 PM
From: ldo79	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60925

Like APT come Monday morning. Glad the "Canadian" variety is no danger to humans: ================================================== Workers on B.C. farm may have mild bird flu Last Updated Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:10:34 VANCOUVER - Five employees at a B.C. chicken farm have become slightly ill, but health officials said Friday it's not clear if they have contracted a form of bird flu. Several countries imposed a ban on Canadian poultry Friday when word broke that avian flu had surfaced on the West Coast. About 16-thousand chickens have been ordered slaughtered on the farm near Abbotsford, just east of Vancouver. The bird flu has been quickly contained, and there is no immediate danger to people, authorities stressed at a news conference. "It's been a relatively smooth ride," said Dr. David Patrick of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. The type of influenza is not the same as a deadly version sweeping through parts of Asia. All five B.C. workers are recovering officials said. Two patients had flu symptoms, two had cold symptoms and one had conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye. Tests are being conducted to determine exactly what made them ill. "The pattern of symptoms we are seeing is consistent with those described in human infections of at least one type of H7 influenza virus in other parts of the world," said Cornelius Kiley of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Birds on the farm contracted "a low-pathogenic strain of the virus," according to Kiley, and there's no evidence it can be transmitted from human to human. "We're not concerned about it spreading to household members, because that virtually never happens," said Andrew Larder of the Fraser Health Authority. FEB. 20, 2004: Countries ban Canadian poultry Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore have stopped importing Canadian poultry. Mexico closed its borders to imports of live birds and poultry products from British Columbia. cbc.ca