Is PEI flu H5N1?? from Canadian Press
PEI goose tests positive for avian flu virus
A domestic goose that died in western Prince Edward Island earlier this week tested positive for an H5 avian flu virus, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed yesterday.
Samples are being sent to CFIA's National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg so that confirmatory tests can be run.
The goose was part of a free-range flock of chickens, geese and ducks. Four of 11 geese were discovered dead on Monday. None of the other birds fell ill.
Jim Clark, CFIA's director of animal health, said there is no indication this virus is the virulent Asian H5N1.
Michael Tansey, a spokesman for the Public Health Agency of Canada called the PEI cases isolated and pointed out that they aren't the first in Canada.Canadian Press, Staff
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