Ostriches and deer and viruses, oh my!

About this episode

The episode discusses an avian flu outbreak at an ostrich farm in British Columbia and its implications.

Send us a note! An ostrich farm in rural British Columbia keeps making national and international headlines. It's the subject of a federal cull order, after 69 birds were found dead from an H5N1 or avian flu outbreak — routine procedure to stamp out further spread. But that's not entirely why they've caught the attention of U.S. politicians. On this episode of Sources, virologist and University of Saskatchewan professor Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins PressProgress health reporter Brishti Basu to ...

People in this episode

Host: Brishti Basu

Guest: Dr. Angela Rasmussen

Topics covered

• avian flu
• health
• federal cull
• politics
• virology

Keywords

• ostrich farm
• H5N1
• avian flu
• federal cull
• British Columbia
• virology

Mentioned in this episode

Places: British Columbia

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