The National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) confirmed
new cases of avian influenza
(AI) H5 in the Cordoba town of Alejo Ledesma and on the way to La Isla, in the Salta department of Cerrillos.
In the Córdoba town, the detection was in
backyard turkeys
-a term that accounts for the raising of animals or birds in private residences- and in the area of Salta it corresponded to a backyard hen.
These cases are added to another case of avian influenza (AI) H5 detected in two wild ducks found dead in the Las Mojarras lagoon, in the Cordovan department of General San Martín.
In the middle of last week, the Ministry of Agriculture declared a
health emergency throughout the national territory
, through resolution 147/2023, after the first case of avian influenza in the country was found in Andean geese in the Pozuelos Lagoon, in the north of the province of Jujuy.
The new cases reported by Senasa were confirmed in the last hours of Saturday.
From Senasa they urged the productive sector to
reinforce the management, hygiene and biosecurity measures
of their poultry farms.
They also requested that any possible detection of nervous, digestive or respiratory clinical signs, decrease in egg production, water or food consumption and high mortality in domestic or wild birds
be notified immediately
.
"In case of observing the presence or suspicion of clinical signs compatible with HPAI in birds or finding dead domestic and/or wild birds, notify Senasa by going to any of its offices; through the App "Senasa Notifications", sending an email to notificaciones@senasa.gob.ar; entering the "Notify Senasa" section of the organization's website or sending a WhatsApp to 11-5700-5704," the official agency said in a statement.
What is bird flu
AI, Avian or Chicken Influenza, is a disease caused by certain types of viruses that infect wild birds and poultry or backyard birds, such as chickens, on small farms.
In the world it is transmitted by the migration of birds between countries.
In 2022, outbreaks were reported in these countries in the Americas: Mexico, Panama, Honduras, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Costa Rica, Chile, Bolivia, and this week in Uruguay (in black-necked swans, in the Maldonado Department). and in Argentina.
A vaccine for the disease has not yet been developed in the world, the effectiveness of which is also not very clear, according to Acerbi.
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