Work to euthanize avian flu birds on four Fraser Valley poultry farms is underway
Posted December 5, 2014 3:17 pm.
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FRASER VALLEY (NEWS1130) – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has started destroying birds infected with avian flu.
Owners of the four farms with cases of the H5N2 virus will be compensated for the dead birds.
It seems like the virus has stopped spreading, but the CFIA isn’t taking chances with this very contagious flu and Canada’s Chief Vet Harpreet Kochhar says right now, just the four affected farms are locked down.
“We may establish a 1 kilometre zone where everything would be tested or a wider zone through which movement permits would be needed if we have to move any product or any poultry out of that zone.”
He adds getting rid of the infected birds is the best way to contain the virus, adding it is being done humanely. “All birds are being humanely euthanized using carbon dioxide gas, a commonly used an internationally recognized method of euthanasia in situations such as this.”
The birds will be composted and then the barns will be disinfected.
