Two more cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported in Canada, while more details have been shared concerning five previously reported cases.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported that on April 19, the presence of HPAI was detected in two more commercial poultry operations in the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality.
Details on the types of birds in the flocks or the number of birds involved has not yet been disclosed by CFIA.
Les Maskoutains has now had five cases of HPAI in 2023, with the other three cases being confirmed on April 13, April 17 and April 18. Prior to that, the municipality had not had any cases of HPAI.
With these new detections, Quebec becomes the province with the third most confirmed cases of HPAI during the 2022-23 outbreak with 34 cases, surpassing Ontario, which has had 33. British Columbia is the province that has had the most flocks affected, followed by Alberta.
Updates on previous HPAI cases
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) recently published details elaborating on four HPAI cases in Quebec and one in Ontario that were previously reported by CFIA.
The four cases in Quebec all occurred in the Rouville Regional County Municipality, with confirmation dates ranging from March 27 through April 4. Two of those cases involved turkeys, with those flocks containing 29,118 and 22,846 birds. Another case involved 24,534 broiler breeders, while the other involved 26,343 ducks.
The Ontario case was confirmed in Middlesex Centre on April 5, and that case involved 61,054 turkeys.
