Poultry producers play a role in surveillance, processes when declared infected and import and export restrictions.
Strong on-farm biosecurity practices can help keep farm workers, producers, their family and animals safe.
Services and information
Biosecurity
Basic biosecurity principles for poultry, national avian on-farm biosecurity standard, general producer guide
Commercial premises: cleaning and disinfecting
Removing contaminated materials, cleaning, drying, disinfecting
Export restrictions imposed on Canada: all commodities
Current information, including sub-regions
Import restrictions imposed by Canada: live birds and hatching eggs
Rules for importing birds, live poultry and other birds, day-old chicks and hatching eggs
Compensation
What to expect when an animal is ordered destroyed
Surveillance in a primary control zone
What to expect from provincial and territorial governments, livestock and poultry industries as they conduct surveillance
What to expect if your animals are infected
Immediate steps we follow if domestic birds are suspected of being infected