Four new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry flocks in three Canadian provinces were confirmed.
According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) website, two of the cases were located in the municipal district of Willow Creek and Starland County in Alberta province. Additional cases were reported in the city of Chilliwack, British Columbia and the rural municipality of Cut Knife, Saskatchewan.
CFIA did not disclose the type of flocks that were affected, nor did it disclose the size of the flocks.
The cases were reported by the agency on September 9.
HPAI was previously detected in the rural municipality of Laird, Saskatchewan on September 9, the first reported case in the province since May.
Prior to the case in Saskatchewan, the last three cases of HPAI in commercial poultry in Canada were all located in Alberta. Those cases were confirmed on September 4, August 31 and August 23. Before that, Canada’s last case in commercial poultry was confirmed on August 1 in Quebec. Quebec also recently had a black bear test positive for HPAI.
Elsewhere in North America, the most recent cases of HPAI have been reported in the states of Minnesota, California and Ohio.
So far in 2022, HPAI has been confirmed in 2022 in commercial poultry in the states of Ohio, Utah, California, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. The virus has also been found in commercial game bird operations in Texas, New York and South Dakota.
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To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
Read our ongoing coverage of the global avian influenza outbreak.
