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Avian flu detected at Calgary’s Butterfield Acres Petting Farm: AHS
Butterfield Acres Petting Farm closed after nine poultry tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, with public health officials confirming low risk of human infection.
- On Oct. 17, Alberta Health Services ordered Butterfield Acres Petting Farm on Rocky Ridge Road N.W. closed after avian influenza was detected in its poultry.
- After a voluntary shutdown from Oct. 13 to 17, officials confirmed HPAI at Butterfield Acres Petting Farm and Primary Care Alberta was notified on Oct. 16.
- Visitors who attended between Oct. 6 and Oct. 12 should self-monitor, and Alberta Health Services advises isolating and calling Health Link at 811 if symptoms develop within ten days.
- AHS says the venue will reopen after inspectors sign off on its compliance with the closure order, and Butterfield Acres is working with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, planning refunds if it can't reopen by its Harvest Pumpkin Fest later this month.
- Officials said the public risk is low, but Butterfield Acres Petting Farm faces disruption to pony rides, goat milking and the Harvest Pumpkin Fest.
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The farm was formally ordered to shutdown by AHS on Friday and will stay closed until inspectors determine it’s safe to reopen. Photo/CochraneNow.captiontext { font-size:90%;font-style: italic;margin-right:20px; } Alberta Health Services has confirmed nine cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Butterfield Acres, a well-known petting farm on the northwest edge of Calgary, just a short drive from Cochrane. The farm voluntarily closed earli…
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