The Canadian Food Inspection released a report that there were 119 outbreaks of avian influenza last year, 11 of equine infectious anemia, nine of chronic wasting disease, two of Newcastle disease and also two of Cysticerosis and one of bovine tuberculosis.
The CFIA has ordered the destruction of about 19 million chickens, turkey, ducks, geese, pigeons and ostriches to counter the spread of highly-pathogenic avian influenza.
