bird flu, avian flu quarantine

In 2009 the bird flu was found in B.C., and this had economic issues that caused a number of problems. It is now 2014, and a new avian flu quarantine is in effect again for some poultry farms in the B.C. region because a more virulent form of the same bird flu has been identified in birds at local farms once more. The Frasier Valley B.C. avian flu quarantine has affected 5 different farms in the area, some that have chickens and some that have turkeys. Poultry farms are inspected due to the risk of bird flu, and health officials have identified a very strong strain which has caused them to put an avian flu quarantine in place at the poultry farms where infected birds have been identified.

The latest strain of bird flu responsible for the avian flu quarantine in B.C. is more contagious than the previous strain identified in the past, and the risk for fatal complications and death is higher in the newest strain of bird flu identified in the British Columbia region. This has caused concern about the mutations that the H5N2 virus can undergo, and there is alarm that further mutations could result in a strain of the avian flu that is even more deadly in the future. 7 countries have stopped imports of poultry from the B.C. area of Canada as a precaution, and this shows the economic impacts that an avian flu quarantine can have for the entire area as well as the poultry farms that are placed under quarantine.