Avian influenza hits another backyard coop in B.C.: industry group
THE CANADIAN PRESS
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 11:33 AM
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - An industry group says a backyard chicken coop in B.C.'s Fraser Valley is the latest to be hit with avian influenza, marking the first such case in more than a month.
An outbreak that began last December hit 11 commercial chicken and turkey farms in Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Langley, as well as a backyard coop in Langley.
Ray Nickel of the B.C. Poultry Association says avian influenza has been detected at a backyard coop in Chilliwack with about 80 egg-laying chickens.
- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/avian-i....09XtUdlq.dpuf
THE CANADIAN PRESS
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 11:33 AM
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - An industry group says a backyard chicken coop in B.C.'s Fraser Valley is the latest to be hit with avian influenza, marking the first such case in more than a month.
An outbreak that began last December hit 11 commercial chicken and turkey farms in Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Langley, as well as a backyard coop in Langley.
Ray Nickel of the B.C. Poultry Association says avian influenza has been detected at a backyard coop in Chilliwack with about 80 egg-laying chickens.
- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/avian-i....09XtUdlq.dpuf
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