Case Of Avian Flu Confirmed In Eastern Ontario
Health officials in eastern Ontario have confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. Avian Influenza (AI) is a disease caused by a virus that mainly infects domestic poultry and wild birds such as geese, ducks and land birds and H5N1 is a strain that kills both wild birds and commercial poultry. Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, a physician in charge of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU), says the risk of transmission to humans remains low....