COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
COUNTRY/TERRITORY
ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL
DISEASE CATEGORY
Listed disease
EVENT ID
5582
DISEASE
Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-)
CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
H5N1
START DATE
2024/01/01
REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease
DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2015/02/04
CONFIRMATION DATE
2024/01/15
EVENT STATUS
On-going
END DATE- SELF-DECLARATION
NO REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Follow-up report 2
REPORT ID
FUR_167272
REPORT REFERENCE- REPORT DATE
2024/05/13
REPORT STATUS
Validated
NO EVOLUTION REPORT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Contact with wild species
This event is the continuation of event #4191 for reporting wild birds with high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus. Outbreaks are reported by province/territory. The geographical marker is on the capital. Outbreaks of HPAI in domestic non-poultry are reported in Event #5250. For detailed and current information on high pathogenicity avian influenza cases in wild birds, please consult : http://www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/avian_influenza.php. Wildlife surveillance as well as the Canadian Avian Influenza Surveillance System (CanNAISS) activities for poultry are ongoing in Canada. According to Article 10.4.1.4. of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Member Country should not impose bans on the international trade of poultry commodities in response to notification of infection with any Influenza A viruses in birds other than poultry.
QUANTITATIVE DATA SUMMARY
MEASURING UNIT
Animal
SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated Cooper's Hawk (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-3---- Wood Duck (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Northern Pintail (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- American wigeon (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-3---- Green-winged Teal (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-3---- Northern Shoveler (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Blue winged teal (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Mallard (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-11---- American Black Duck (WILD)NEW-5----TOTAL-6---- Anatidae (unidentified) (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Snow Goose (WILD)NEW-2----TOTAL-17---- Anserinae (unidentified) (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Ross's Goose (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Great Blue Heron (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Brent Goose (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Canada Goose (WILD)NEW-4----TOTAL-83---- Cackling Goose (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-8---- Snowy Owl (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Great Horned owl (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-13---- Red-tailed Hawk (WILD)NEW-2----TOTAL-11---- Rough-legged Hawk (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Dunlin (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Turkey Vulture (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- American crow (WILD)NEW-8----TOTAL-25---- Common Raven (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Blue jay (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Trumpeter Swan (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-4---- Tundra Swan (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Peregrin falcon (WILD)NEW-4----TOTAL-8---- Bald Eagle (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-2---- Laridae (unidentified) (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Herring Gull (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-4---- Glaucous-winged Gull (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Great black-backed Gull (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- White-winged Scoter (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Double-crested cormorant (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Black-billed Magpie (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-4---- Horned Grebe (WILD)NEW-2----TOTAL-2---- Barred Owl (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-3---- Barn Owl (Common Barn-Owl) (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Hooded Merganser (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- American goshawk (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-2---- All speciesNEW-38----TOTAL-235----
DIAGNOSTIC DETAILS
CLINICAL SIGNS
NO
METHOD OF DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic test
| Gene sequencing | National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD), Winnipeg, Manitoba | Mallard,Northern Shoveler,Anserinae (unidentified),Black-billed Magpie,Green-winged Teal,Ross's Goose,Red-tailed Hawk,Herring Gull,Dunlin,Glaucous-winged Gull,Northern Pintail,Blue jay,Barred Owl,American goshawk,Snowy Owl,Double-crested cormorant,Cackling Goose,Great Blue Heron,Common Raven,Peregrin falcon,Bald Eagle,Wood Duck,Canada Goose,Snow Goose,Cooper's Hawk,American crow,Laridae (unidentified),Trumpeter Swan,Barn Owl (Common Barn-Owl),American wigeon,American Black Duck,Great Horned owl,Great black-backed Gull,Hooded Merganser | 10 | 2024/01/15 | 2024/03/28 | Positive |
| Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) | National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD), Winnipeg, Manitoba | Dunlin,Anserinae (unidentified),Laridae (unidentified),Peregrin falcon,Glaucous-winged Gull,Barn Owl (Common Barn-Owl),Wood Duck,Hooded Merganser,Snow Goose,Barred Owl,Cooper's Hawk,Bald Eagle,American crow,American Black Duck,Green-winged Teal,Black-billed Magpie,American wigeon,Mallard,Great Horned owl,Northern Pintail,Herring Gull,Ross's Goose,Double-crested cormorant,Great black-backed Gull,Cackling Goose,Red-tailed Hawk,Northern Shoveler,Snowy Owl,Canada Goose,Blue jay,Common Raven,American goshawk,Trumpeter Swan,Great Blue Heron | 10 | 2024/01/15 | 2024/03/28 | Positive |
UPDATED OUTBREAKS
OB_133569 - NS-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - NOVA SCOTIA - WILDBIRDS
OB_132691 - AB-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - ALBERTA - WILDBIRDS
OB_132696 - QC-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - QUÉBEC - WILDBIRDS
OB_132693 - ON-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - ONTARIO - WILDBIRDS
OB_132697 - PEI-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - WILDBIRDS
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