The outbreak has also prompted the SPCA in British Columbia to ask people to take down their birdfeeders to reduce the risk to wild birds
infected flocks of birds in almost every provinceAt least 900,000 birds are dead in Alberta, out of 1.7 million across the country. Every province but Prince Edward Island has reported cases.
There have been cases in seven flocks in B.C., including one commercial operation and six others listed as small flocks. About 53,000 birds have been lost in the province. The Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council, or CPEPC, says the European Union and 30 countries have limited imports of Canadian poultry, ranging from bans to more targetted geographic restrictions. The EU and the United States have enacted measures that apply only to products from within 10-kilometre zones around each infected farm.
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