<span id="midArticle_start"/> (Reuters) - The bird flu virus confirmed this week in the Canadian province of Ontario is the highly pathogenic H5N2 strain, similar to one spreading across the United States, a government agency said on Wednesday.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>The strain discovered on a Woodstock, Ontario, turkey farm is the same subtype as one detected in the western province of British Columbia in December and that has spread across U.S. states in recent months, said Paul Mayers, vice president of policy and programs at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
<span id="midArticle_1"/>Mayers said Hong Kong has restricted imports of poultry and poultry products from Oxford County, Ontario, and Uruguay has banned imports of Canadian hatching eggs. On Tuesday, CFIA said Japan and Taiwan had imposed trade restrictions.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>Nine Ontario farms, including the single farm confirmed to have the virus, are under quarantine.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>About 10,800 turkeys have died at the Woodstock farm and an additional 34,000 birds there will be euthanized using carbon dioxide gas, CFIA said.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The agency has not determined how the virus spread to Ontario, but said it could be transmitted by wild birds.
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<span id="midArticle_6"/> (Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Peter Galloway)
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<span id="midArticle_0"/>The strain discovered on a Woodstock, Ontario, turkey farm is the same subtype as one detected in the western province of British Columbia in December and that has spread across U.S. states in recent months, said Paul Mayers, vice president of policy and programs at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
<span id="midArticle_1"/>Mayers said Hong Kong has restricted imports of poultry and poultry products from Oxford County, Ontario, and Uruguay has banned imports of Canadian hatching eggs. On Tuesday, CFIA said Japan and Taiwan had imposed trade restrictions.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>Nine Ontario farms, including the single farm confirmed to have the virus, are under quarantine.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>About 10,800 turkeys have died at the Woodstock farm and an additional 34,000 birds there will be euthanized using carbon dioxide gas, CFIA said.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The agency has not determined how the virus spread to Ontario, but said it could be transmitted by wild birds.
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<span id="midArticle_6"/> (Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Peter Galloway)
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