Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to show up in commercial poultry flocks in Alberta, Canada.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported that the most recent infection was confirmed on October 6, and it involved a commercial poultry flock in Greenview, Alberta. The number of birds in the flock or what type of poultry was involved has not yet been disclosed.
This is the second premises to be affected by HPAI in Alberta so far in October, with the other being confirmed in Cardston County. Other recent cases of HPAI in commercial poultry in the province occurred in Strathcona County and Warner County, with both of those outbreaks being confirmed in September. Alberta also had to backyard flocks affected by HPAI in September.
The only other case of HPAI to be confirmed in Canadian poultry in recent weeks was a commercial flock in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, with that infection being confirmed on September 21.
Prior to that, the last case of HPAI in Canadian poultry was confirmed on May 6 in Les Maskoutains, Quebec.
While two Canadian provinces have had confirmed cases this fall, two U.S. states have had affected flocks. According to information from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) the virus was confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Jerauld County, South Dakota, on October 4. That case involved 47,300 birds, APHIS reported. Two days later, the presence of HPAI was confirmed in commercial turkeys in Sanpete County, Utah.
To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
