A celebrated Calgary petting zoo and workplace has had to adjacent its doors temporarily aft Alberta Health Services confirmed 9 cases of avian flu successful poultry.
According to the agency, Primary Care Alberta was notified connected Thursday of 9 poultry cases of the avian flu astatine Butterfield Acres successful Foothills County, which besides operates a petting zoo.
Officials said the installation was closed voluntarily from Oct. 13 to 17, and a general bid was issued by AHS connected Oct. 17.
Butterfield Acres must enactment closed until the conditions of the bid are met and until nationalist wellness inspectors and aesculapian officers of wellness deem it safe to reopen.
While avian flu, besides known arsenic the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, is uncommon successful humans, infections person occurred done adjacent interaction pinch infected animals.
Individuals who visited the petting workplace betwixt Oct. 6 and 12 are being asked to show for symptoms.
Those who visited the workplace during this play and person since knowledgeable a fever, sore throat, cough, aliases different flu-like symptoms are asked to isolate astatine location and telephone Health Link astatine 811 for appraisal and testing. AHS said to prime action "2" and past action "1" erstwhile calling 811.
People who person not knowledgeable symptoms do not request to telephone 811, but are advised to proceed to show their health.
Anyone who visited Butterfield Acres betwixt Oct. 6 and 12 and develops symptoms wrong 10 days of their sojourn is besides asked to isolate.
The workplace says it is moving intimately pinch provincial and national wellness authorities to resoluteness the situation.
People who purchased tickets the farm's Pumpkin Fest connected Oct. 25 aliases 26 will beryllium contacted if they are incapable to resoluteness the business earlier the event.
"Thank you to everyone for each your attraction and concern," the workplace says connected its website. "It intends truthful overmuch to each of america here. Know that we are moving done each the small steps to get things backmost connected way arsenic quickly arsenic we can."