{"id":35247,"date":"2014-12-13T17:06:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T09:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=35247"},"modified":"2014-12-13T17:06:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T09:06:52","slug":"avian-flu-confirmed-in-ninth-barn-in-b-c-fraser-valley-7000-more-birds-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/13\/avian-flu-confirmed-in-ninth-barn-in-b-c-fraser-valley-7000-more-birds-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"Avian flu confirmed in ninth barn in B.C. Fraser Valley; 7,000 more birds affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34207\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_122934673.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34207\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_122934673.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_122934673.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_122934673-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_122934673-900x597.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; Federal officials say avian influenza has been detected in a ninth poultry barn in British Columbia&#8217;s Fraser Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the virus was confirmed on Thursday at an Abbotsford farm and it affects about 7,000 chickens.<\/p>\n<p>That means some 180,800 chickens and turkeys are now either dead or set to be euthanized.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak began last week, when poultry at two farms in the Fraser Valley tested positive for the H5N2 strain of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a control zone covering the southern half of B.C., where restrictions have been placed on the movement of poultry.<\/p>\n<p>Eight countries have placed restrictions on B.C. poultry and poultry products.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday Singapore joined the list of the United States, Mexico, South Africa, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; Federal officials say avian influenza has been detected in a ninth poultry barn in British Columbia&#8217;s Fraser Valley. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":34207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}