First case of avian flu discovered in Manitoba commercial poultry flock

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed Manitoba’s first case of avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock, and third case overall.

The federal agency detected the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 at a farm in the rural municipality of Whitemouth, east of Winnipeg, on Saturday, the province said in a news release the next day.

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