The avian flu is beginning to infiltrate Quebec farms, reported at four separate sites in less than a week.
On Sunday, Canada’s food inspection agency (CFIA) confirmed detection of the H5N1 strain at a poultry flock in Les Sources, a municipality in Quebec’s Estrie region.
Bird flu was also detected in the Brome-Missisquoi, Hait-Saint-Francois and Val-Saint-Francois regions last week.
“The infected sites have been placed under quarantine,” reads the CFIA website. “The CFIA has established movement control measures and is recommending that other farms in the area increase biosecurity.”