The last case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Canadian poultry to be reported was confirmed one month ago.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has actively been posting new avian influenza cases on its website since the first case of the present outbreak was confirmed in December 2021. The last time CFIA reported a case, whether it be commercial or non-commercial poultry flock, was confirmed in the country was February 19, when a commercial flock in Mountain View County, Alberta, was affected.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported that the Mountain View County premises was a commercial hunting farm operation with pheasants, partridges and layer chickens, with 3,862 birds involved.
Prior to that case, the last time HPAI was confirmed in Canada was February 9, when the virus was found in both a flock of 2,181 commercial ducks in Drummond County, Quebec, and a backyard poultry flock in Vermillion River County, Alberta.
So far in 2024, Canada has only had four confirmed cases of HPAI in commercial operations. Two of those were in Quebec, while Alberta and Ontario have each had one. Alberta, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan have also had HPAI appear in non-commercial flocks this year.
In 2023, Canada had 103 cases of HPAI in commercial poultry operations, and in 2022, there were 122 confirmed cases.
To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
View our continuing coverage of the global avian influenza situation.
