Insights and Stories on Avian Flu

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:23 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country’s health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low. A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with […]

High-path avian flu arrives in Manitoba poultry

Apr. 25, 2022 at 10:30 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

H7N3 avian flu found in chickens in Mexico, near Texas border

Apr. 25, 2022 at 8:39 am CDT

By Reuters

File photo of a small flock of tundra swans taking off from a grain field in early spring.

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns

Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:20 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

High-path bird flu reaches Manitoba airspace

Apr. 20, 2022 at 2:00 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Avian flu arrives in Saskatchewan poultry

Apr. 18, 2022 at 8:22 am CDT

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a poultry flock and a non-commercial flock in separate areas of Saskatchewan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it confirmed high-path avian flu on Thursday in a small non-commercial flock in the RM of Moose Mountain, near Carlyle in the province’s southeast, […]

By Dave Bedard

B.C. orders poultry indoors as avian flu arrives

Apr. 14, 2022 at 8:37 pm CDT

British Columbia officials are ordering all commercial poultry operations to move their birds indoors after the arrival of avian flu in a flock in that province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday it confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on Wednesday in a commercial poultry flock in the Regional […]

By Dave Bedard

Avian flu hits flocks in Quebec, another in Ontario

Apr. 13, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

Avian influenza has been confirmed at two sites in Quebec and another in Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. CFIA said it had quarantined two premises in Quebec after confirming an H5 type of avian flu in birds on a commercial poultry farm on Tuesday in the regional […]

By Dave Bedard

Alberta, Ontario see more avian flu in flocks

Apr. 12, 2022 at 8:39 pm CDT

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in one more commercial poultry flock each in central Alberta and eastern Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday. The agency said it had confirmed on Monday that high-path H5N1 avian flu had infected a poultry flock in Camrose County, southeast of […]

By Dave Bedard

Avian flu hits more Alberta, Ontario poultry flocks

Apr. 11, 2022 at 5:07 pm CDT

Three additional poultry flocks in central Alberta and one in eastern Ontario were confirmed over the weekend to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it had confirmed high-path H5N1 avian flu on Friday in a commercial poultry flock in Kneehill County, between […]

By Dave Bedard