Avian Flu

Dairy cows are seen at a farm in Sainte-Marie-Madelaine, Que. Friday, August 31, 2018. The Canadian government is expanding its surveillance program for a form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Canada expanding surveillance, increasing testing for avian flu

Fragments of highly pathogenic avian flu have been detected in pasteurized milk sold in the U.S.

 

FILE - Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, March 25, 2024, that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Texan believed to be first human diagnosed with bird flu caught from cows

Patient treated with an antiviral drug, only reported symptom was eye redness

 

A polar bear mother and her two cubs walk along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. in this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 photo Scientists fear Canadian polar bears may be threatened by the spread of avian flu after officials confirmed the disease killed a bear in Alaska. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Avian flu feared in Canadian polar bears after disease kills bear in Alaska

The virus first showed up in Yukon more than a year ago in a red fox

 

The Avian flu has been detected in Summerland and a protected zone has been set up by the CFIA. (Black Press file photo)

Two cases of avian flu identified in Okanagan

Investigations underway in Central and North Okanagan

The Avian flu has been detected in Summerland and a protected zone has been set up by the CFIA. (Black Press file photo)
More than 50 poultry farms in British Columbia have been infected with avian flu since October, but animal health officials say that rate is slowing as the fall migration of wild birds ends. Chickens are seen at a poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Avian flu infections slow as B.C. count hits 52 flocks

Case numbers expected to dwindle as migration season passes

More than 50 poultry farms in British Columbia have been infected with avian flu since October, but animal health officials say that rate is slowing as the fall migration of wild birds ends. Chickens are seen at a poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Chickens are seen at a poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, November 10, 2022. Poultry farmers and wildlife officials in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley are reporting “extremely high” levels of stress and anxiety as the latest avian flu outbreak puts millions of birds at risk.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Avian flu anxiety running high for B.C. poultry farmers

Industry biosecurity program on level “red” — the highest of three levels

Chickens are seen at a poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, November 10, 2022. Poultry farmers and wildlife officials in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley are reporting “extremely high” levels of stress and anxiety as the latest avian flu outbreak puts millions of birds at risk.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Signage for avian influenza is seen at the entrance to Sardis Park in Chilliwack on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/Chilliwack Progress)

Henry encourages vaccines as B.C. reports 16 avian flu cases in flocks

‘Little spillover effect globally’ between birds, humans but it can happen

Signage for avian influenza is seen at the entrance to Sardis Park in Chilliwack on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/Chilliwack Progress)
B.C.’s Agriculture Ministry says eight commercial poultry farms in the Fraser Valley and two small flocks in Merritt and Port McNeill have tested positive for avian influenza. A chicken looks in the barn at Honey Brook Farm in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., on Monday, April 18, 2022. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP)

16 avian flu cases confirmed in B.C.

8 commercial farms in the Fraser Valley, others in Merritt and Port McNeill test positive

B.C.’s Agriculture Ministry says eight commercial poultry farms in the Fraser Valley and two small flocks in Merritt and Port McNeill have tested positive for avian influenza. A chicken looks in the barn at Honey Brook Farm in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., on Monday, April 18, 2022. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP)
A Chilliwack poultry farm with 8,000 laying chickens was confirmed to be infected with avian influenza on Oct. 21, 2023, with the flock euthanized on Oct. 22, 2023. (BC Egg)

B.C.’s first avian flu outbreak of fall season detected in Chilliwack

Egg farm in Chilliwack ‘first confirmation’ of highly pathogenic bird flu where 8K birds euthanized

A Chilliwack poultry farm with 8,000 laying chickens was confirmed to be infected with avian influenza on Oct. 21, 2023, with the flock euthanized on Oct. 22, 2023. (BC Egg)
Chickens are shown at an egg-laying chicken farm in Amritsar, India on April 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Aleksandra Sagan

Quebec avian flu cases higher than expected as bird deaths near 1 million: expert

‘The important thing is not to bring something from the outside into our breeding areas’

Chickens are shown at an egg-laying chicken farm in Amritsar, India on April 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Aleksandra Sagan