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Animal Health Act - General Order April 13. 2022, BC Canada
Action: All live commercial Poultry in commercial operations must be maintained indoors for the period
starting April 13, 2022,
and ending at 11:59 p.m. on May 13, 2022,
unless otherwise modified by the further order of an inspector.
Canada to kill 19 million poultry to stop avian fluBy: Robert Roos | Apr 05, 2004
Apr 5, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – Canadian officials said today that 19 million poultry in southwestern British Columbia's Fraser Valley would be destroyed in a vastly expanded campaign to stop highly pathogenic avian influenza.
"Statistics. Chickens are by far the most farmed animal in Canada. The total number of chickens in Canada is estimated at 145.5 million (meat and egg-laying chickens)."
"The United States has a robust poultry industry, with an inventory of over 518 million chickens and over 224 million turkeys. In 2019, chicken production rose to around 44 billion pounds.
There are about 390 million laying hens in the U.S. These hens produced about 111.6 billion eggs in 2020.
That is roughly 285 eggs per hen per year, about 30 times the number of eggs that chickens would lay in the wild."
"An outbreak of avian influenza is confirmed on an North Okanagan broiler chicken farm.While the province and Canadian Food Inspection Agency have not revealed the location of the farm, the Small Scale Meat Producers Association, in a notice to its members, locates the farm in the North Okanagan.
"On April 12, a sample from a broiler in the North Okanagan was confirmed to be avian influenza by the CDC lab in Burnaby, and the sample has been sent to the national lab in Winnipeg for confirmation that it is highly pathogenic avian influenza."
"On April 12, a sample from a broiler in the North Okanagan was confirmed to be avian influenza by the CDC lab in Burnaby, and the sample has been sent to the national lab in Winnipeg for confirmation that it is highly pathogenic avian influenza."
B.C. poultry farmers bring in quarantine measures as avian flu spreads.
"Guenter Rieger, who owns and operates Rieger Farms in Armstrong, B.C., said in his 25 years of poultry farming
Not one of his chickens has come down with the highly infectious virus, thanks to a combination of diligence and common sense."
Biosecurity is the implementation
of measures that reduce the risk of disease outbreaks. Protection against serious, infectious diseases is crucial to prevent outbreaks of disease that can have severe financial consequences.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, biosecurity measures should be used to avoid the entry of pathogens into a herd or farm (external biosecurity) and to prevent the spread of disease to uninfected animals within a herd or farm and to other farms, when the pathogen is already present (internal biosecurity).
How to avoid bird flu and protect your flock from disease
Prevention and Antiviral Treatment of Bird Flu Viruses in People
Highly contagious bird flu found on Okanagan poultry farm.
Other poultry species, including turkeys, may have nervous symptoms such as:
Bird Flu Symptoms in ChickensEdema in the comb and wattles.Purple discoloration/cyanosis of the wattles, combs, and legs.Diarrhea.Nasal discharge.Soft-shelled or misshapen eggs.Decreased egg production.Coughing and sneezing.Lack of coordination.
Avian influenza. Birds have been put down because of avian influenza. The virus is spread by contact between healthy and unhealthy birds. Avian influenza is most often spread by contact between infected and healthy birds, though can also be spread indirectly through contaminated equipment.
The virus is found in secretions from the nostrils, mouth, and eyes of infected birds as well as in their droppings.
HPAI infection is spread to people often through direct contact with infected poultry, such as during slaughter or plucking.
Though the virus can spread through airborne secretions, the disease itself is not an airborne disease.
Highly pathogenic strains spread quickly among flocks and can destroy a flock within 28 hours; the less pathogenic strains may affect egg production but are much less deadly.
