Quebec Duck Farm Says It Has Detected a Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu

An operations manager for a duck farm, holds a Moulard duckling in Ferndale, N.Y., July 18, 2019. The Canadian Press/AP-Bebeto Matthews

A Quebec duck farm says it has detected a case of avian flu in one of its breeding facilities.

Brome Lake Ducks says in a news release that the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza was confirmed Tuesday on a farm in St-Claude, about 160 kilometres east of Montreal.