Canada reported six new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at poultry flocks in Alberta.
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) confirmed two outbreaks at commercial broiler farms in Mountain View County on April 14— which resulted in the depopulation of 132,709 birds.
The OIE reported three other outbreaks of HPAI at commercial flocks in Alberta on April 6 and 7. The first was at a commercial turkey farm in Ponoka County— officials depopulated 30,500 birds. The second was at a commercial broiler-breeder farm in Kneehill County that resulted in the depopulation of 26,498 birds. And the third was at a commercial turkey, broiler and layer farm in Paintearth County where there were 2,670 birds affected—the number of depopulated birds at this farm has not been reported yet.
The remaining Alberta counties with reported HPAI outbreaks are Cardston, Warner, Camrose and Wetaskiwin, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
The CFIA has established Primary Control Zones around all regions where HPAI has been detected and is implementing the official destruction of animal products to prevent the spread of HPAI. It has also established movement control measures on nearby farms and is carrying out surveillance and tracing.
The total depopulation of commercial birds in Canada is 313,430 as of this month. All flyways and provinces in Canada have confirmed cases of HPAI, and Alberta is in the Central flyway.
As of April 20, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative confirmed a case of HPAI in Manitoba in wild birds.
The CFIA also reported two HPAI outbreaks in Saskatchewan— one on April 14 in the municipality of Moose Mountain and the other on April 16 in the municipality of Loreburn.
To learn more about HPAI cases in North American commercial poultry flocks, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
Read our ongoing coverage of the global avian influenza outbreak.
