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**Shiloh** · September 10, 2022, 05:57 AM

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...-flu-1.6574809

Hundreds of dead gulls found as 'unprecedented' avian flu outbreak continues in Nova Scotia
Carcasses recently discovered on Bear Island near Digby
Frances Willick · CBC News · Posted: Sep 10, 2022 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Dr. Ted Leighton visited Bear Island near Digby, N.S., in mid-August, and knew something was amiss when he spotted a couple of seagulls acting oddly.

"They were behaving in a way that suggested some sort of neurological disorder," said Leighton, a retired veterinary pathologist and wildlife health researcher.

He noticed something else, too.

"I could see that there was an awful lot of scavenging going on. You could see a gull or two picking away at something dead on the beach, repeated again and again and again down the straight shoreline, as I could see it. So I thought there must be some substantial mortality going on."

Leighton, an internationally renowned scholar in wildlife disease, didn't have a chance to investigate further that day, but when he returned to Bear Island on Sept. 3, his suspicions were confirmed.

"There were skeletal remains all over the place," he said. "Often it was just wings and breastbone, no flesh at all, sometimes feathers."...

**Pathfinder** · May 3, 2023, 09:29 AM

Canada - Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) - Follow up report 40

GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

EVENT ID
4191

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
2021/11/26

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2015/02/05

CONFIRMATION DATE
2021/12/20

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE
-

SELF-DECLARATION
NO

REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Follow-up report 40

REPORT ID
FUR_160510

REPORT REFERENCE
-

REPORT DATE
2023/05/01

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT
-

EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
Unknown or inconclusive
Contact with wild species

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS

One new outbreak of HPAI in domestic non-poultry is reported in Alberta. Additional wildbirds were added to the report. 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 - 1 1 ---
...
Northern Shoveler (WILD)
NEW - 1 ----
...
Blue winged teal (WILD)
NEW - 4 ----
...
Mallard (WILD)
NEW - 2 1 ---
...
American Black Duck (WILD)
NEW - 2 ----
...
Snow Goose (WILD)
NEW - 5 5 ---
...
Birds (DOMESTIC)
NEW 38 24 24 14 0 0
...
Canada Goose (WILD)
NEW - 33 27 ---
...
Snowy Owl (WILD)
NEW - 1 1 ---
...
Red-tailed Hawk (WILD)
NEW - 3 3 ---
...
Turkey Vulture (WILD)
NEW - 3 3 ---
...
American crow (WILD)
NEW - 14 14 ---
...
Common Raven (WILD)
NEW - 1 ----
...
Peregrin falcon (WILD)
NEW - 1 ----
...
All species
NEW 38 95 79 14 0 0
TOTAL 3274 2764 2446 1887 0 0
...

NEW OUTBREAKS

OB_117851 - AB-2022-HPAI-061 - LACOMBE COUNTY (AB-IP61)
OB_117509 - QC-2023-HPAI-WB(1) - QUÉBEC - WILDBIRDS
OB_117504 - NS-2023-HPAI-WB(1) - NOVA SCOTIA - WILDBIRDS

UPDATED OUTBREAKS

OB_116290 - PEI-2023-HPAI-WB(1) - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - WILDBIRDS
OB_116289 - ON-2023-HPAI-WB(1) - ONTARIO - WILDBIRDS
OB_115553 - QC-2022-HPAI-WB(2) - QUÉBEC - WILDBIRDS
OB_115550 - ON-2022-HPAI-WB(2) - ONTARIO - WILDBIRDS
OB_115540 - NB-2022-HPAI-WB(2) - NEW BRUNSWICK - WILDBIRDS
OB_115422 - MB-2022-HPAI-WB(2) - MANITOBA - WILDBIRDS
OB_115420 - BC-2022-HPAI-WB(2) - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WILDBIRDS

...

WAHIS

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4191

**Lance** · April 15, 2024, 06:11 PM

Canada - Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) - Follow up report 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

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 1

REPORT ID
FUR_166675

REPORT REFERENCE- REPORT DATE
2024/04/12

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT

EPIDEMIOLOGY

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION

Contact with wild species

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
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 Banks need to think about..... 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-3----TOTAL-3---- Wood Duck (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Northern Pintail (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- American wigeon (WILD)NEW-3----TOTAL-3---- Green-winged Teal (WILD)NEW-3----TOTAL-3---- Northern Shoveler (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Mallard (WILD)NEW-10----TOTAL-10---- American Black Duck (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Snow Goose (WILD)NEW-8----TOTAL-15---- Anserinae (unidentified) (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Ross's Goose (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Great Blue Heron (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Canada Goose (WILD)NEW-63----TOTAL-79---- Cackling Goose (WILD)NEW-8----TOTAL-8---- Snowy Owl (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Great Horned owl (WILD)NEW-4----TOTAL-12---- Red-tailed Hawk (WILD)NEW-9----TOTAL-9---- Dunlin (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- American crow (WILD)NEW-15----TOTAL-17---- Common Raven (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Blue jay (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Trumpeter Swan (WILD)NEW-3----TOTAL-4---- Peregrin falcon (WILD)NEW-4----TOTAL-4---- Bald Eagle (WILD)NEW-2----TOTAL-2---- Laridae (unidentified) (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Herring Gull (WILD)NEW-4----TOTAL-4---- Glaucous-winged Gull (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Great black-backed Gull (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Double-crested cormorant (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- Black-billed Magpie (WILD)NEW-3----TOTAL-3---- Barred Owl (WILD)NEW-3----TOTAL-3---- Barn Owl (Common Barn-Owl) (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- Hooded Merganser (WILD)NEW-1----TOTAL-1---- American goshawk (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-1---- All speciesNEW-161----TOTAL-197----

DIAGNOSTIC DETAILS

CLINICAL SIGNS
NO

METHOD OF DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic test

Gene sequencing	National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD), Winnipeg, Manitoba	Great Horned owl,Snow Goose,Mallard,Ross's Goose,Cackling Goose,Herring Gull,Northern Shoveler,Black-billed Magpie,Red-tailed Hawk,Great Blue Heron,Great black-backed Gull,Glaucous-winged Gull,Dunlin,Bald Eagle,Barn Owl (Common Barn-Owl),Snowy Owl,Peregrin falcon,Laridae (unidentified),Barred Owl,Hooded Merganser,Common Raven,Anserinae (unidentified),Canada Goose,Blue jay,American Black Duck,Wood Duck,Double-crested cormorant,American wigeon,Trumpeter Swan,American goshawk,Northern Pintail,Green-winged Teal,American crow,Cooper's Hawk	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	Common Raven,Dunlin,Peregrin falcon,Anserinae (unidentified),Barn Owl (Common Barn-Owl),Hooded Merganser,Cooper's Hawk,Snow Goose,Wood Duck,Green-winged Teal,Canada Goose,American crow,Northern Pintail,Glaucous-winged Gull,Barred Owl,Red-tailed Hawk,Great Horned owl,American goshawk,Laridae (unidentified),American Black Duck,American wigeon,Cackling Goose,Mallard,Double-crested cormorant,Ross's Goose,Northern Shoveler,Black-billed Magpie,Trumpeter Swan,Herring Gull,Great Blue Heron,Snowy Owl,Great black-backed Gull,Blue jay,Bald Eagle	10	2024/01/15	2024/03/28	Positive

NEW OUTBREAKS

OB_133570 - NL-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR - WILDBIRDS

OB_133569 - NS-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - NOVA SCOTIA - WILDBIRDS

OB_133568 - SK-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - SASKATCHEWAN - WILDBIRDS

OB_133567 - NB-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - NEW BRUNSWICK - WILDBIRDS

OB_133566 - BC-2024-HPAI-WB-1 - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WILDBIRDS

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5582

**Lance** · May 14, 2024, 11:45 AM

GENERAL INFORMATION

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

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
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

WAHIS

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5582

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

**Lance** · July 16, 2024, 12:42 PM

WAHIS

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5582

**Lance** · July 16, 2024, 12:53 PM

WAHIS

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5283

**Lance** · September 20, 2024, 05:57 PM

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5283

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**Lance** · September 20, 2024, 06:04 PM

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5582

**Pathfinder** · September 20, 2024, 06:17 PM

Related to post above:

H5N5 remains a concern in eastern Canada

To date, the strain of the virus has been confirmed in 50 wild birds and several species of mammals.

Roy Graber
September 20, 2024

A new report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reveals that concerns remain about the spread of H5N5 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in eastern Canada.

Since February 16, 2023, 50 wild birds have tested positive for H5N5 in the following provinces: Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Québec.
...

H5N5 remains a concern in eastern Canada

https://www.wattagnet.com/poultry-meat/diseases-health/avian-influenza/article/15684381/h5n5-remains-a-concern-in-eastern-canada

To date, the strain of the virus has been confirmed in 50 wild birds and several species of mammals.

**Lance** · December 23, 2024, 05:00 PM

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5283

Gene sequencing	Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD), Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health	Racoon (Northern raccoon),Striped Skunk,Red Fox	4	2023/05/19	2024/03/26	Positive
Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR)	Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD), Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health	Racoon (Northern raccoon),Striped Skunk,Red Fox	4	2023/05/19	2024/03/26	Positive

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Nova Scotia: Avian Flu in wild birds 2022 - 2024

Nova Scotia: Avian Flu in wild birds 2022 - 2024

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