There has been a second outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian influenza in Lambton County. The first was Mar. 14.
London Public Health Unit has been working with the Ontario Ministry of Health, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) †o contain, monitor, and respond to the situation.
Cam Hamilton, a regional manager with the CFIA, said migrating birds are carrying the virus, but may be infecting wild birds that stay all summer and pose an ongoing threat.
He also said in an interview with CBC Radio Kitchener that infected migrating waterfowl might contaminate ponds and rodents could become infected and carry the disease into poultry barns.
