Thinking outside the bird

Canadian researchers tested a new approach in Avian Influenza surveillance by going beyond wild bird sampling and focusing on wetland sediments. Poultry World reports. In 2014 and 2015, an outbreak of highly-pathogenic AI (HPAI) hit the west coast of Canada and many other locations in North America. The virus breached 11 farms in British Columbia in December 2014 and reached 3 farms in Ontario by April 2015. By July of that year, over 200 farms across 15 US states had been infected. In all, abo