It has now been seven months since any new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry have been confirmed in Canada.
The last instance of HPAI in a commercial poultry operation in Canada was confirmed on February 19, 2024, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). This flock was located in Mountain View County, Alberta.
Further information from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) revealed that there were 3,862 birds involved. The farm included laying hens, as well as pheasants and partridges that were part of a commercial hunting operation.
According to WOAH, depopulation of those birds was completed on February 22, and the primary decontamination was completed on May 29. The primary control zone (PCZ) was released on June 28.
Only one case of HPAI has been confirmed infection in a non-commercial domestic infection since that commercial case, with that case being confirmed in Haut-Saint-François Regional County, Quebec, on April 10, which is still more than five months ago.
At the present time, only one PCZ remains in effect in Canada. That involves a premises in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, where the presence of HPAI was confirmed on November 15, 2023, in a non-commercial backyard poultry flock. There were 150 birds on the property.
New HPAI detection in the U.S.
On the same day Canada accomplished the seven-month milestone of no new cases of HPAI in commercial poultry, it was just announced that a nearly two-month stretch with no commercial poultry HPAI cases in the United States came to an end.
The presence of the virus was confirmed in a commercial meat turkey flock in Merced County, California, on September 28. Prior to that, the last case in commercial poultry in the U.S. was confirmed on July 19.
View our continuing coverage of the global avian influenza situation.
To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
