52 Commercial and Backyard Flocks in BC Have Been Infected With Bird Flu

52 Commercial and Backyard Flocks in BC Have Been Infected With Bird Flu
Chickens are seen at a poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 10, 2022. Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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More than 50 poultry farms in British Columbia have been infected with avian flu since October, but animal health officials say that rate is slowing as the fall migration of wild birds ends.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Dec. 14, 47 commercial farms and five small-flocks have been infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus this fall.