Avian influenza detected again in Quebec commercial flock

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases are still spreading in commercial poultry flocks in Quebec.

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases are still spreading in commercial poultry flocks in Quebec.

The most recent case was confirmed in a flock on August 1, 2022, in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, according to information from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Details regarding the size of the flock involved, or the species of birds in the flock has not been revealed yet.

This finding brings the total number of HPAI cases confirmed in Quebec commercial poultry flocks to nine for the year.

Uncoincidentally, the five most recent HPAI cases in Canada have all been detected in in Quebec. The previous case was confirmed in a flock on July 22 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier. The three cases prior to that were confirmed in La-Jacques-Cartier on June 28, July 3 and July 9, with at least two of those being in commercial turkey flocks.

Outside of Quebec, the latest case of HPAI in commercial poultry was confirmed on June 8 in Langley Township, British Columbia. 

Every province in Canada has had at least one positive HPAI finding, but not all of those have been in a commercial flock. The only provinces to have confirmed HPAI findings in commercial poultry are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.

Avian Influenza is spreading worldwide

Outside of North America, HPAI is spreading rapidly throughout other countries such as Europe.

Europe’s current HPAI outbreak was described as the country’s worst ever epidemic, in a recent assessment of avian influenza covering March-June 2022 by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Avian influenza has been detected in poultry, captive birds and wild species at approximately 5,300 locations in 36 countries. Of these, 2,398 outbreaks were in poultry and impacted 46 million birds.

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.

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