Monday, November 18, 2024

Avian influenza in Quebec

There has been an outbreak of avian influenza in Quebec prompting a cull of 1,411,000 birds, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website.

Hours later the CFIA said there was another outbreak.


It big case was in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, the second in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.

There are no active cases in Ontario.


British Columbia has been hit hard, especially in the Abbotsford-Chilliwack area of the Lower Fraser River. The province is dealing with 41 outbreaks, Alberta with three and Saskatchewan with one.