April 16, 2004

Canada Bird Flu Spread To 29 Farms

Two more farms have now been confirmed to have avian flu in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.
 
The virus has now been detected on a farm in Surrey, far outside the original five-kilometre-radius "hot zone'' near Abbotsford.
 
The virus has now been confirmed on 29 B.C. farms and has forced the slaughter of nearly 20 million chickens and other fowl.