The Associated Press
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Four poultry farms where an outbreak of avian influenza was discovered in British Columbia are now under quarantine and thousands of their turkeys and chickens will be euthanized, officials said Dec. 3.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said two more farms have been placed under quarantine, a day after announcing that measure for the first two farms.
There are no reports of the disease being transmitted to humans.
Tests to determine the precise strain of the virus were conducted Nov. 30 after bird deaths were reported at a turkey farm in Abbotsford. . .
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