Argentina bird-flu totally free once again
Under the epidemic, Argentine chicken meat exports contracted by 28% in volume and 35% in worth throughout the very first term
Argentina’s National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) Tuesday revealed the South American nation was once again bird influenza totally free, it was reported in Buenos Aires. In a note to the World Organization for Animal Health, the hygienic company said the last of the 18 break outs spotted in business facilities had actually been managed 6 months after the very first case was spotted.
The Secretariat of Agriculture said the hygienic actions for the last break out of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry, informally called “bird influenza”, have actually been finished with the closure of the last of the 18 break outs spotted in business facilities.
”The National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) sent to the World Organization for Animal Health the file with the self-declaration, which supports and sustains Argentina’s present status
as a nation devoid of the illness,” Agriculture Secretary Juan José Bahillo said.
The file prepared by Senasa’s National Directorate of Animal Health (DNSA) explains the procedures embraced because the verification of the very first break out in February 2023, the massacre and disinfection actions, and the epidemiological security performed, which support the totally free nation status.
However, the hygienic emergency situation stays in force, through epidemiological security and avoidance tasks across the country. Avian influenza is a notifiable illness according to Senasa Resolution 153/2021. Anyone can inform the Agency if they recognize death, worried, gastrointestinal, and/or breathing check in wild birds or poultry.
In 2020, a brand-new pressure of the H5N1 bird influenza infection was spotted and rapidly spread out in wild birds and poultry, impacting other animals at the same time, such as minks and sea lions.
The very first case in Argentina was tape-recorded on Feb. 15 this year when Bahillo verified the detection of H5N1 in a wild migratory bird discovered in Jujuy. At that time a hygienic emergency situation was stated and after that “positive” cases increased, which cases reported in birds in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, San Luis, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, Salta, and Jujuy. According to
Senasa, the biggest variety of break outs took place in the province of Córdoba, followed by the province of Buenos Aires and Neuquén.
The flow of the infection likewise impacted poultry in commercial facilities, which led Argentina to “self-suspend” the export of poultry production on Feb. 28. Export activity was resumed about a month later on when compliance with global requirements was verified. Under the epidemic, Argentine chicken meat exports contracted by 28% in volume and 35% in worth throughout the very first term.
Centro de Empresas Procesadoras Avícolas (CEPA) President Roberto Domenech said the epidemic triggered millions in losses plus a “substantial affectation in the location of laying hens.” In Río Negro, 630,000 chickens needed to be chosen, he included.
