Avian Flu

Chickens are seen at a poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, November 10, 2022. Poultry farmers and wildlife officials in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley are reporting “extremely high” levels of stress and anxiety as the latest avian flu outbreak puts millions of birds at risk.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Avian flu anxiety running high for B.C. poultry farmers

Industry biosecurity program on level “red” — the highest of three levels

 

Signage for avian influenza is seen at the entrance to Sardis Park in Chilliwack on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/Chilliwack Progress)

Henry encourages vaccines as B.C. reports 16 avian flu cases in flocks

‘Little spillover effect globally’ between birds, humans but it can happen

 

B.C.’s Agriculture Ministry says eight commercial poultry farms in the Fraser Valley and two small flocks in Merritt and Port McNeill have tested positive for avian influenza. A chicken looks in the barn at Honey Brook Farm in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., on Monday, April 18, 2022. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP)

16 avian flu cases confirmed in B.C.

8 commercial farms in the Fraser Valley, others in Merritt and Port McNeill test positive

 

A Chilliwack poultry farm with 8,000 laying chickens was confirmed to be infected with avian influenza on Oct. 21, 2023, with the flock euthanized on Oct. 22, 2023. (BC Egg)

B.C.’s first avian flu outbreak of fall season detected in Chilliwack

Egg farm in Chilliwack ‘first confirmation’ of highly pathogenic bird flu where 8K birds euthanized

A Chilliwack poultry farm with 8,000 laying chickens was confirmed to be infected with avian influenza on Oct. 21, 2023, with the flock euthanized on Oct. 22, 2023. (BC Egg)
Chickens are shown at an egg-laying chicken farm in Amritsar, India on April 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Aleksandra Sagan

Quebec avian flu cases higher than expected as bird deaths near 1 million: expert

‘The important thing is not to bring something from the outside into our breeding areas’

Chickens are shown at an egg-laying chicken farm in Amritsar, India on April 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Aleksandra Sagan