Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus A (H7N3) in Domestic Poultry, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2007 |
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| Authors: | Yohannes Berhane Tamiko Hisanaga Helen Kehler James Neufeld Lisa Manning Connie Argue Katherine Handel Kathleen Hooper-McGrevy Marilyn Jonas John Robinson Robert G. Webster John Pasick |
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| Affiliation: | Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Y. Berhane, T. Hisanaga, H. Kehler, J. Neufeld, L. Manning, C. Argue, K. Handel, K. Hooper-McGrevy, J. Pasick);Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (M. Jonas);British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (J. Robinson);St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (R.G. Webster) |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
Epidemiologic, serologic, and molecular phylogenetic methods were used to investigate an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a broiler breeding farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Results, coupled with data from influenza A virus surveillance of migratory waterfowl in Canada, implicated wild birds as the most probable source of the low pathogenicity precursor virus. |
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| Keywords: | Influenza A virus H7N3 subtype highly pathogenic viruses influenza poultry wild birds Canada dispatch |
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