Canada has had another business poultry flock struck by extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), whereas further details about beforehand reported HPAI instances has been shared.
In keeping with the Canadian Meals Inspection Company (CFIA), the newest occasion of HPAI in business poultry was confirmed in Abbotsford, British Columbia on November 7. The kind of birds concerned was not included in the CFIA report.
Of the 15 HPAI flock infections to be confirmed in Canada because the outbreak resumed in October, 14 have been in British Columbia and 9 of these have been in Abbotsford. All different affected flocks in British Columbia have been in Chilliwack. Willner, Saskatchewan, was the situation of the opposite current HPAI case.
WOAH particulars flock sorts
Whereas CFIA has not disclosed what kind of birds have been concerned in any of the affected flocks, a brand new report the World Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH) gives such data on all however the one CFIA confirmed on November 7.
In keeping with WOAH:
- The flock in Willner was a broiler breeder flock.
- Three of the affected farms in Chilliwack have been layer farms, one was a broiler farm and the opposite one was a duck and broiler farm.
- The Abbotsford instances included two turkey flocks, two layer flocks, one broiler flock, one broiler breeder flock and two combined business poultry flocks.
- An affected flock within the Qathet District in British Columbia was beforehand labeled by CFIA as a business poultry flock, however WOAH described it as a non-commercial hen, turkey and goose farm. CFIA has since reclassified it as a non-commercial flock.
The WOAH report doesn’t embrace data regarding how many birds have been concerned in any of these flocks.
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