Friday, November 22, 2024

Another Quebec case of avian flu


 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reports another case of highly-pathogenic avian influenza in Quebec.


This one is in the regional municipality of comté de Lotbiniére. 


There are now three active cases in Quebec, but none in Ontario or the Maritime provinces.


There are 50 active cases in British Columbia and increasing daily, three in Alberta and one in Saskatchewan.


So far this year 12,287,000 chickens have either killed or euthanized.