British Columbia poultry farmers are getting a break from devastating waves of avian flu but experts worry what the next migration of wild birds will bring.
Troy Bourque with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said there have been six waves of H5N1 flu since the first detection in Canada in 2021, and all coincided with spring and fall migrations.
Bourque said migrations in the fall have historically hit B.C.’s Fraser Valley region hardest, but it’s too soon to say how this year’s spring migration will impact poultry flocks.
More than eight-point-seven million poultry have been culled in B.C. since April 2022, with avian flu infection protocols imposed on 239 flocks.
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