Canada's Federal Court of Appeal is refusing to allow the owners of a British Columbia ostrich farm to conduct further testing of their flock for avian flu in a bid to avert a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The same ruling, which was issued on Friday but only published online on Monday, grants a temporary stay of the cull until a ruling on an appeal that will be held no later than the week of July 21.

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It says Universal Ostrich Farms has satisfied all three tests required for a temporary stay on the cull of about 400 birds at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., that has become the focus of protests and international

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