Avian influenza moves two times extra in Alberta, Canada


The presence of extremely pathogenic avian influenza has been showed on two extra farms within the Canadian province of Alberta.

One of the most new circumstances concerned a advertisement flock in Strathcona County, whilst the opposite concerned a non-commercial flock within the Municipal District of Smoky River.

Each circumstances have been showed on September 26, in line with the Canadian Meals Inspection Company (CFIA). Knowledge regarding flock dimension, or what form of advertisement flock used to be affected has now not but been launched.

Those mark the 3rd and fourth premises suffering from HPAI in Alberta in September, and the 5th in Canada for the month. The former cases concerned advertisement flocks in Warner County, Alberta, and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, and a non-commercial flock in Purple Deer County, Alberta.

Prior to those 5 HPAI infections in September, Canada had now not had any circumstances of HPAI in advertisement poultry since Might 6.

Earlier than those most up-to-date HPAI outbreaks in Alberta, the province had now not had any showed circumstances since November 15, 2022. The province had 38 advertisement poultry flocks affected in 2022. Simplest a kind of used to be in Strathcona County, with the 2 infections going on greater than a yr aside. The 2022 Strathcona County outbreak used to be showed on September 4.

Provinces to have showed detections of HPAI in advertisement flocks to this point in 2023 are Saskatchewan, Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario. The ones 5 provinces, in addition to Manitoba and Nova Scotia, all had showed HPAI circumstances in advertisement poultry in 2022.

Since HPAI first gave the impression at an exhibition farm in Newfoundland and Labrador in December 2021, each and every Canadian province and territory has had some form of showed HPAI case, whether or not it’s in advertisement poultry, yard poultry or wild birds.

The US has now not had any circumstances of HPAI in advertisement poultry since April 19.

To be informed extra about HPAI circumstances in advertisement poultry flocks in the USA, Canada and Mexico, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com. 

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