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Highly pathogenic avian influenza: countries officially recognized by Canada as being free of the disease

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Countries officially recognized by Canada as free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) which is listed in the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Terrestrial Animal Code.

Imports of live animals, germplasm, hatching eggs, and unprocessed/raw animal products and animal by-products from susceptible species originating from countries and/or zones not recognized as free are prohibited.

The importation of pet birds from countries and/or zones other than those listed below may be allowed.

During an outbreak in countries and/or zones usually recognized as free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, imports of live birds, hatching eggs, germplasm, and unprocessed/raw avian products and by-products are not permitted from the countries and/or zones not recognized as free. Additionally, imported live birds, poultry, and hatching eggs from other countries and/or zones may not travel through zones not recognized as free on their way to Canada.

Please note that, for the United States of America, European Union Member States, and the United Kingdom, a restricted zone is a 10 km circular zone around an infected premises, and not the entire state or county listed below.

European Union Member States

EU Member States with current outbreaks Regions with zones of restriction in place
Belgium
  • West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen)
Bulgaria
  • Dobrich
  • Plovdiv
  • Stara Zagora
  • Veliko Tarnovo
  • Haskovo
  • Pazardzhik
Croatia
  • Brodsko-Posavina
Czech Republic
  • Pardubice
  • Hradec Králové
  • Vysočina
Denmark
  • Region Sjaelland/Zealand
  • Region of Southern Denmark (Syddanmark)
France
  • Entire country

Changes to import requirements for live poultry and raw fresh/frozen poultry products and by-products from France, due to vaccination for HPAI, effective October 1, 2023

Germany
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Schleswig-Holstein
  • Brandenburg
  • Bavaria (Bayern)
  • Baden-Württemberg
  • Hesse (Hessen)
Hungary
  • Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
  • Heves
  • Csongrád-Csanád
  • Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
  • Békés
  • Komárom-Esztergom
  • Győr-Moson-Sopron
  • Somogy
Italy
  • Veneto
Poland
  • West Pomeranian (zachodniopomorskie)
  • Masovian (mazowieckie)
  • Lower Silesian (dolnośląskie)
  • Lublin (lubelskie)
  • Łódź (łódzkie)
  • Greater Poland (wielkopolskie)
  • Lubusz (lubuskie)
  • Warmian-Masurian (warmińsko-mazurskie)
  • Opole (opolskie)
Romania
  • Olt
  • Botoșani
Slovakia
  • Nitra
  • Trnava
  • Bratislava
Sweden
  • Skåne

United Kingdom

United Kingdom countries with current outbreaks Regions with zones of restriction in place
England
  • East Yorkshire

United States of America

Current outbreaks in the United States (A-Z) Counties with zones of restriction in place
Counties in brackets are within the 10 km diameter circular surveillance zone around infected premises
Arkansas
  • Caroll (Boone)
California
  • Merced (Stanislaus)
  • Sonoma (Marin)
Colorado
  • Delta (Montrose)
Idaho
  • Latah (Whitman WA)
Indiana
  • Daviess
Kansas
  • Rice (Barton)
Massachusetts
  • Essex (Rockingham NH)
Michigan
  • Montmorency (Alpena)
  • Muskegon (Ottawa)
Missouri
  • Audrain (Boone, Randolph)
  • Dallas (Polk)
Nebraska
  • Gage (Johnson)
New York
  • Dutchess
North Carolina
  • Lenoir (Duplin, Wayne)
  • Duplin (Lenoir, Wayne)
North Dakota
  • McIntosh (Campbell SD, Emmons ND)
  • Dickey
Ohio
  • Hardin (Logan, Marion, Union)
Oregon
  • Union (Wallowa)
  • Linn
South Dakota
  • Spink (Clark, Faulk)
  • Charles Mix (Douglas)
  • Edmunds
  • Day
Washington
  • Kittitas
  • King
Wisconsin
  • Washburn (Burnett)
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