CFIA says case of avian influenza detected in N.S. backyard flock

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a case of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, was detected this week in Nova Scotia in a backyard flock that isn’t produced for sale.

In a news release issued Thursday, the agency said this is considered “a non-poultry detection” and follows several confirmed cases of the same strain of bird flu in wild birds in Newfoundland and a wild goose found last week in Grand Desert, N.S.

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