B-C poultry farmers are on high alert as dozens of avian flu infections have raced through farms.
Shawn Hall with the BC Poultry Association says the industry has raised its biosecurity level to red, the highest level, as infections increase this fall.
Infections increased as wild birds migrated past this fall, which is believed to be the main source of infection, and since April of 2022, almost seven million birds have been culled in the province because of the flu.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there are 50 premises in Canada where the flu has been detected in bird flocks.
