Friday, October 3, 2025

British Columbia chickens, turkeys ordered indoors


 

British Columbia has ordered its poultry farmers to keep their flocks indoors this fall to keep them from being infected with avian influenza carried by migrating birds.


Since mid-December the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has reported four commercial poultry flocks in Alberta have been infected and one in Quebec.


There have been a number of outbreaks in the United States plains below Western Canada, including tens of thousands of turkeys.