Canada has had one more commercial poultry flock struck by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), while additional information about previously reported HPAI cases has been shared.
According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the latest instance of HPAI in commercial poultry was confirmed in Abbotsford, British Columbia on November 7. The type of birds involved was not included in the CFIA report.
Of the 15 HPAI flock infections to be confirmed in Canada since the outbreak resumed in October, 14 have been in British Columbia and 9 of those have been in Abbotsford. All other affected flocks in British Columbia were in Chilliwack. Willner, Saskatchewan, was the location of the other recent HPAI case.
WOAH details flock types
While CFIA has not disclosed what type of birds were involved in any of the affected flocks, a new report the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) offers such information on all but the one CFIA confirmed on November 7.
According to WOAH:
- The flock in Willner was a broiler breeder flock.
- Three of the affected farms in Chilliwack were layer farms, one was a broiler farm and the other one was a duck and broiler farm.
- The Abbotsford cases included two turkey flocks, two layer flocks, one broiler flock, one broiler breeder flock and two mixed commercial poultry flocks.
- An affected flock in the Qathet District in British Columbia was previously classified by CFIA as a commercial poultry flock, but WOAH described it as a non-commercial chicken, turkey and goose farm. CFIA has since reclassified it as a non-commercial flock.
The WOAH report does not include information concerning how many birds were involved in any of those flocks.
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To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
