Wednesday, June 10, 2026

CFIA tallies 19 avian flu outbreaks


 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported there have been 19 outbreaks of highly-;pathogenic avian influenza in the first five months of this year.


One of them was in Amherstburg Township, Ont., in February.


There have also been five cases of chronic wasting disease and five of equine infectious anemia, none of them in Ontario.