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West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus, also known as West Nile Fever, West Nile Virus Disease or West Nile Encephalitis, affects wild and domestic birds and a variety of mammals including horses and humans. WN virus is a member of the Flaviviridae family, which includes the viruses responsible for Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and Yellow fever, all transmissible by mosquitoes. The Corvidae family of birds such as crows, blue and grey jays, ravens and magpies are particularly susceptible to illness and death from West Nile Virus.

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Interpretation - West Nile Virus results reported to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Role in West Nile Virus Activities Central Nervous System Signs in Domestic Birds of the Order of Anseriformes (Domestic Geese and Ducks) in West Nile Virus Endemic Areas - Field investigation	Central Nervous System Signs in Horses in West Nile Virus Endemic Areas - Field and Registered Establishment Investigation West Nile Virus in Slaughtered Birds of the Order of Galliformes, Rheas, Emus and Ostriches

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West Nile Virus

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