Canada-Bird Flu cull.

CANADA-Canadian Govt Completes Cull Of Birds On Infected Farm.

The destruction of an estimated 60,000 birds on a British Columbia farm where a low-pathogenic strain of avian influenza was found has been completed, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. The CFIA confirmed the presence of an H5 type of avian influenza at a commercial turkey farm in Abbotsford on Saturday. Upon the discovery, an immediate quarantine was placed on all poultry operations within a three-kilometer radius.

Further testing also remains underway to determine the precise subtype and strain of the virus, the CFIA said in a news release Wednesday.