CTV: H5 bird flu found in B.C. duck; strain uncertain

Story here, and press release from the BC Ministry of Agriculture here.

According to a post on CurEvents, the H5 positive duck was from a free-ranging duck farm (no idea if this is true). It will be interesting to learn whether this appearance of H5 is related to the presence of H5 in wild waterfowl. If so, this event underscores the need for biosecurity on poultry farms, whether in Asia or North America. Once again, we are seeing the importance of controlling disease at the livestock, wildlife and human health interface (boy, readers of this blog must get tired of me writing this!)

We should hear in a week or so what the neuraminidase subtype is.

Damien