B.c. Sees 1st Avian Flu Outbreaks Since January As 9 Confirmed In Poultry Stocks - Beritaja

There’s been a surge successful avian influenza outbreaks successful British Columbia’s Fraser Valley arsenic the autumn migration play for galore birds takes flight.

A database published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency shows the microorganism has been detected successful 9 commercialized poultry flocks successful the region complete the past 2 weeks.

They people the first caller outbreaks confirmed successful the state since past January.

The first outbreak of this play was detected Oct. 14 successful a flock successful Abbotsford and the different 8 person been confirmed since past Thursday.

Six of the outbreaks are astatine Chilliwack-area farms and 3 are successful Abbotsford.

B.C. poultry flocks person been difficult deed by the virus, pinch an estimated 8.8 cardinal birds dying aliases being culled successful the state successful caller years.

The outbreak confirmed past Dec. 31 astatine an ostrich workplace successful southeastern B.C. is still considered active, for a full of 10 outbreaks successful B.C.

The nutrient inspection agency had ordered the ostriches to beryllium culled, the protocol pursuing an outbreak, but the workplace owners person been fighting to prevention the flock.

The ostriches’ destiny now lies pinch the Supreme Court of Canada arsenic it mulls whether to assistance the workplace time off to entreaty a little tribunal determination that upheld the cull order.