Avian flu detected on small free-range farm in Chilliwack, B.C.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says avian flu has been detected on a commercial poultry farm in Chilliwack, about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.

Amanda Brittain from the B.C. Poultry Association says the affected business was a small free-range farm with about 8,000 birds.

She added the Chilliwack case is the first confirmed case in B.C. this fall.

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