Another poultry farm, the second one in Fraser Valley has been found infected with H5 bird flu virus. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, about 12,000 birds would be culled on the farm to avoid further spread of the disease.

Sandra Stephens, veterinary program specialist with CFIA has confirmed that birds on the second farm in the Fraser Valley had been tested positive for H5 virus. She also said that the virus is believed to be a low-pathogenicity virus, like the first one, said Stephens.

Further tests would be required to confirm the sub type and strain of the virus. Tests also show that the strain of bird flu at the new poultry farm are similar to the original strain identified on E&H Farms.

"The type of the virus at this time does appear to be fairly closely related to the H5 N2 that was identified on the first premises," Sandra Stephens, a disease control specialist with the CFIA, told CBC News in an interview.

The CFIA has identified a new three-kilometer surveillance radius around the farm. The new area overlaps some areas of the three-kilometer radius around E&H Farms.

The CFIA has also placed quarantines on an additional 10 premises as a precautionary measure. Three out of the 36 farms that had been placed under quarantine after the E&H detection have completed a 21-day monitoring period. (Pallavi contributed to this report)