The new outbreaks, all near Abbotsford and within 2 miles of the first turkey farm affected in that area, bring the total number of affected birds to 155,000, said Jane Pritchard, DVM, chief veterinary officer with British Columbia's Ministry of Agriculture. The barn next to the one previously affec
If the farm's two barns are at full capacity - 30,000 birds each -- that brings to approximately 140,000 the number of birds that must be destroyed, the province's Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Jane Pritchard said.
At a turkey farm in Abbotsford, B.C., half of the barns 11,000 birds have already died from the disease, according to Jane Pritchard, B.C.s chief veterinary officer. At a second farm about eight kilometres away in Chilliwack, B.C., 1,000 of the farms 7,000 birds have died.