Calgary petting zoo, farm remains closed as 20 people referred for avian flu testing

A popular Calgary petting zoo, which has been temporarily shut down due to confirmed cases of avian flu, remains closed, officials told Global News.

In an email Friday evening, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Butterfield Acres “remains an infected premises.”

“(It) is subject to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) restrictions until cleaning and disinfection has been completed on the farm, followed by a standard 14-day vacancy period where domestic birds are not reintroduced to the premises,” a spokesperson for the CFIA wrote.

According to Alberta Health Services, as of Friday morning, 20 people had been referred for testing through Health Link, 10 of which are children.

The agency told Global News that no cases of avian flu have been detected in humans, as tests done in