Avian flu confirmed in Cypress County
Avian influenza has been detected at a Cypress County property, the Canadian Meals Inspection Company confirmed. The company has not supplied numbers of birds contaminated, however described the flock as ‘small.’ The property is assessed as ‘non-poultry.’
“We had communication final week between the affected landowner and Cypress County, advising us there may need been a chance of this,” Jeffrey Dowling, director of municipal companies for Cypress County, instructed the Information. “They have been in contact with the federal authorities and the Canadian Meals Inspection Company, and submitted some samples to the laboratory for affirmation.
“Cypress County was knowledgeable over the weekend, the state of affairs was constructive for the H5N1 pathogen. So far as we all know, at this level, the state of affairs is remoted to a single location, west of Drugs Hat, on the western a part of Cypress County. And it does contain poultry and chickens.”
Outbreaks of avian influenza have been reported throughout Canada. As of Could 19, Alberta has the best variety of outbreaks reported (28 properties) and birds affected (948,000). In complete, 85 Canadian properties are experiencing outbreaks, with 1.8 million birds contaminated.
The CFIA is reminding producers to practise good bio-security habits, comparable to guaranteeing birds stay in a fenced-in space, implementing managed entry and exist factors, altering footwear or offering foot coverings, frequent hand-washing, amongst others.
Whereas people are inclined to H5N1, the CFIA maintains threat of transmission between people and birds is low. The company says there is no such thing as a proof to recommend consuming contaminated poultry results in human an infection.
Outbreak in B.C.
The Canadian Meals Inspection Company has confirmed an outbreaks of avian influenza in a small flock in southern British Columbia.
An announcement from the company says the H5N1 pressure of extremely pathogenic avian influenza was recognized on Sunday amongst birds within the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen in B.C.
The B.C. case got here in the future after 4,000 turkeys on a Fraser Valley farm have been as a result of be euthanized as avian flu was verified final week on two business poultry farms in B.C.’s poultry producing hub of Abbotsford.
Information from the meals inspection company exhibits the outbreak is the twelfth recorded in B.C. for the reason that province’s first case on April 13.
The company warns that the so-called chicken flu is spreading globally and outbreaks have been confirmed in each province besides Prince Edward Island. Nonetheless, solely B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec have recorded new instances in Could.
A wildlife centre in central Alberta stated final week that it was caring for 4 younger foxes that probably picked up avian flu after consuming carcasses of birds that died of the sickness, and there was concern extra scavengers might develop into unwell.
The meals inspection company stated no human instances of avian flu have been detected.
— with information from The Canadian Press