MEXICO CITY, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Mexico will begin
immunizing birds in high-risk locations today to avoid the
spread of the extremely infectious H5N1 stress of bird influenza in the
nation, authorities stated on Tuesday.
Last month, Mexican authorities found an extreme H5N1
stress of bird influenza at an industrial farm in Nuevo Leon
state on the border with the United States.
Typically called bird influenza, the illness is frequently brought by
wild birds in fall and winter season, however specialists are worried that
the H5N1 stress has actually not followed previous patterns by decreasing
throughout the northern hemisphere summertime.
The version’s fast spread has actually triggered enormous culls
this year. A minimum of 52 million birds have actually been butchered for
health factors up until now in the Europe, Mexico’s farming
ministry stated, compared to 50.2 million in the United States.
( Reporting by Carolina Pulice; Modifying by Sherry
Jacob-Phillips)
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