Five more cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were confirmed in British Columbia on November 22, reported the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Elsewhere in North America, Ontario and South Dakota have each had one new confirmed HPAI case.
Climate change will make poultry production increasingly difficult in some regions, but work is already underway to help the industry to adapt.
A byproduct of the paper industry could serve as an eco-friendly barrier coating for use in poultry packaging.
So far this year, the number of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on European poultry farms confirmed with one agency has reached 2,000. This total does not include the United Kingdom — experiencing by far its worst ever outbreak season — or non-commercial flocks.
South Dakota’s 45th case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry flock has been confirmed in Edmunds County.
