Canada bird flu believed low pathogen strain

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - None of the bird flu samples taken from a backyard flock of poultry in Eastern Canada have tested positive, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has said.

"So far we have nothing but negative results from all samples that have been taken from Prince Edward Island," said CFIA veterinarian Dr Jim Clark.

The CFIA announced over the weekend it had detected a case of H5 avian flu in a gosling from the flock, after four birds died.

All indications showed the gosling carried a low-pathogen strain of bird flu which is not a threat to human health.

- REUTERS