Ranking Canadian provinces by avian influenza cases
Canada, as of November 14, has reported 119 circumstances of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in business poultry flocks.
These circumstances have appeared in seven of the nation’s provinces. Whereas the virus has appeared in all of Canada’s provinces, no business flocks have been affected by HPAI in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island.
Using data offered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) this text provides a take a look at the place the provinces rank on the subject of the variety of business flocks affected by the virus.
1. Alberta
Alberta simply ranks because the province that has had probably the most business poultry flocks affected at 37. The province’s first case was confirmed on April 6, whereas the latest case was confirmed on November 3. The whole variety of birds misplaced to HPAI in Alberta has been estimated at 1.3 million, together with turkeys, broilers, laying hens, upland gamebirds and hen breeders. There have been additionally some flocks that had been solely recognized as “poultry,” with every affected province however Nova Scotia having not less than one contaminated flock recognized in such a method.
2. Ontario
With 24 confirmed circumstances Ontario ranks second by way of flocks misplaced in Canada. The primary case was confirmed on March 27, whereas the latest case was confirmed on October 18. No less than 612,124 birds have been misplaced there, however that quantity doesn’t embrace a confirmed case in West Lincoln Township, as numbers related to that flock haven’t but been made public. The province’s hen losses embrace turkeys, geese and laying hen breeders.
3. Manitoba
Manitoba is available in third with 17 flocks contaminated. These flocks included broilers, turkeys and turkey breeders. All of these circumstances had been confirmed between April 23 and October 26.
4. Quebec and Saskatchewan
The latest HPAI case in Canada was confirmed on November 14 in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, bringing the province’s complete case depend to 16 – the identical variety of flocks which were misplaced in Quebec. Affected flocks have concerned turkeys, layers, layer breeders and broiler breeders. The virus first appeared in Saskatchewan poultry on April 15.
Additionally with 16 flocks affected, Quebec has misplaced turkeys, turkey breeders, geese and layers. The province’s first case was confirmed on April 12, whereas the latest was confirmed on November 5. When evaluating hen losses among the many two provinces with 16 affected flocks, these numbers are inconclusive as a result of data regarding one flock for every in every of these provinces haven’t been disclosed.
6. British Columbia
British Columbia’s depend of HPAI circumstances in 2022 presently stands at seven, with broilers, laying hens and turkeys affected. The province’s circumstances had been all confirmed between April 13 and October 20.
7. Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia was the primary province to have had an HPAI an infection in a business flock, with that case being confirmed on February 3. Nonetheless, the province’s second and solely different case was confirmed on February 11. Each of these circumstances concerned turkeys.
See related articles that rank the 25 U.S. states by way of flocks misplaced to HPAI and birds misplaced to HPAI.
To be taught extra about HPAI circumstances in business poultry flocks in the USA and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
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