Canadian Food Inspection Agency Confirms Avian Flu on Fourth Quebec Poultry Farm

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Confirms Avian Flu on Fourth Quebec Poultry Farm
A couple of chickens feed on a farm in British Columbia on Apr. 5, 2004. The Canadian Press/Richard Lam
The Canadian Press
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The number of avian flu cases in Quebec is growing, with four poultry farms now affected by the virus.

Canada’s food inspection agency confirmed Sunday the latest case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in a flock in Les Sources, Que., about 190 kilometres east of Montreal.