Dr. Oz says B.C. ostriches may have valuable avian flu secrets and should be saved

United States health official Dr. Mehmet Oz says about 400 ostriches at a British Columbia farm facing an avian flu cull should instead be saved and sent to America to learn potential "secrets" that have helped them survive an outbreak of the disease.

The former TV personality and surgeon who is now the administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told a New York radio show that he's been in touch with Universal Ostrich Farms since a Federal Court Of Appeal ruling last week that upheld a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Oz has previously offered to house the birds at his Florida ranch and he told radio host John Catsimatidis on Sunday that the offer still stands, if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will allow it.

He says studying the birds