WHO'S IN THE ZOO(NOSES)?
What are viruses?
What are mussels?
Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and these - which make up one of Canada's largest exports, a leader in the world's supply.
What are pigs?
High Pathogenic Avian Influenza! But, more colloquially known as this.
What is Bird Flu?
Oh No! A Disease Outbreak! After gathering info, the Minister may place one of these to help stop the spread.
What is a Quarantine?
This zoonotic disease is spread through saliva and can be fatal if untreated, with common carriers including bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes
What is Rabies?
An important federal food safety program for shellfish jointly administered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
What is the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP)?
More than just cows and pigs! These two animals are also under CFIA's purr-view for controlling diseases like Rabies. Without the correct CFIA import permits, the process can be ruff...
What are Cats and Dogs?
CFIA controversy, as a farm of 400 potentially infected of these big birds, are due to be culled as part of the HPAI outbreak response.
What are ostriches?
Oh wait! Do this if you want to reduce the primary contributing factor of viral outbreaks in food-borne illnesses.
What is wash your hands?
The two word term for the study of the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health
What is "One Health"?
These crustaceans are thought to be immortal...unless they make it onto your plate of course...
What is a lobster?
A common breed of dairy cow known for its high milk production and black and white coloration.
What is a Holstein?
Avian influenza constitutes one of these diseases, where anyone who suspects it's presence MUST report it to the authorities.
What is a "reportable" disease.
Oh No! "Mad Cow Disease" decimated the beef industry in 2015 when this more properly named prion-transmitted disease was found in an Alberta.
What is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy?
An animal that carries and transmits an infectious agent to another organism
What is a vector?
This province is one of the biggest producers of both lobster, crab, and clams, and, along with PEI and BC, is a major producers of oysters!
What is New Brunswick?
What is lanolin?
The specific strain of HPAI that has been causing widespread outbreaks in poultry and other animals, including humans.
What is H5N1?
Oh No! Hunter's beware - this disease has been detected in free-ranging cervids (white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and moose) in 36 states and four provinces.
What is Chronic Wasting Disease.
This bacteria can be transmitted by chickens, pigs, and cattle, but most commonly thought to be contracted by playing with small reptiles like turtles and snakes. Wash your hands!
What is Salmonella?
In 2024, a major outbreak of this disease caused shockwaves to the oyster industry on Prince Edward Island.
What is MSX?
What is the Warthog?
The term for the area around a farm with confirmed HPAI, put in place to prevent further spread.
What is a Primary Control Zone (PCZ)?
(Escherichia coli) O157:H7. Not trying to sink your battleship...This harmful bacteria was found in the feces of grain-fed cattle...and leached into the local water supply, causing a major disease outbreak in this Ontario township.
What is Walkerton.