Saskatchewan has its first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of 2026.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) website indicates three detections between April 14 and 17 in three separate rural municipalities.
On April 14, HPAI was detected in a commercial poultry operation in the Rural Municipality of Monet No. 257.
The next day, HPAI was detected in a non-commercial poultry operation in the RM of Stonehenge No. 73.
Then on April 17, the illness was found on a commercial poultry operation in the RM of Buffalo No. 409.
It’s unclear what kind of poultry, or how many birds, are affected.