The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has established a quarantine zone and any vehicles involved in the poultry industry will require its permission to enter or leave the zone.
In Europe there are reports of devastation of wildlife birds felled by the highly-infectious disease, especially in Scotland.
The CFIA and poultry farmers are having difficulty containing the virus in an area of British Columbia with a concentration of poultry farms near Chilliwack and Agassiz.
