Prevalence of avian flu growing across Canada

FILE - A chicken looks in the barn at Honey Brook Farm in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., on April 18, 2022. An outbreak of avian flu is forcing farmers to cull their flocks and leading to concerns about even higher food prices. While it doesn't pose much of a threat to humans, the outbreak is prompting a new wave of some of the same conspiracy theories that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP, File)

By Charlie Carey and The Canadian Press

Posted September 15, 2022 4:51 pm.

Last Updated September 15, 2022 5:37 pm.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the number of birds infected with avian flu is growing across the country.

According to the agency, Alberta has the highest number of cases of the disease.

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The organization released an update Wednesday on confirmed cases of H5N1 in poultry farms. and says approximately 1,075,000 birds have been euthanized so far in Alberta.

That’s more than twice as many as Ontario, which has had about 567,000 birds affected.

The update comes after about 100 seals were found dead in Quebec in August, allegedly related to the highly contagious flu.

The risk to humans is low, however the flu can cause devastation to poultry industries.

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