Avian Influenza Surveillance

Canadian Notifiable Avian Influenza Surveillance System

The Canadian Notifiable Avian Influenza Surveillance System (CanNAISS), is being developed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments and poultry industry representatives. It is an enhanced surveillance system to detect notifiable avian influenza (NAI) in commercial poultry flocks in Canada.

• Questions and Answers
• Report N^o 2 - December 2008
  • CanNAISS Report N^o 1 was developed in August 2008 as an interim progress report. Updated versions of the surveillance information are contained in CanNAISS Report N^o 2

Wild Bird Surveys

Surveillance in wild birds is one of a series of AI prevention and preparedness initiatives the Government of Canada has implemented in partnership with provincial/territorial governments, industry and animal and public health practitioners.

• Canada's Inter-Agency Wild Bird Influenza Surveys