The National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) confirmed in the last week four new positive cases of H5 avian influenza, bringing the total number of detections of the disease to 94 since the start of the health emergency throughout the country, while He stressed that there are already 50 closed outbreaks.
In its latest report on the state of the epidemiological situation in Argentina, Senasa indicated that between May 6 and 2, of the samples analyzed by the agency’s National Laboratory, four positive cases were diagnosed.
Two were detected in commercial farms in the province of Buenos Aires (Pilar) and Neuquén (Plottier) and the remaining two in backyard birds in Chubut (Trelew) and Formosa (Riacho He He).
Thus, of the 523 notifications analyzed by Senasa, the confirmed cases are in backyard birds (72), commercial sector (15) and wild (seven).
They are distributed as follows: 23 in Buenos Aires; 19 in Cordoba; 12 in Neuquen; nine in Santa Fe; seven in Río Negro and Chubut; three in Chaco; two in San Luis, La Pampa, Corrientes, Formosa and Santa Cruz; one in Jujuy, Santiago del Estero, Salta and Mendoza.
In accordance with the guidelines established in the contingency plan, 50 outbreaks out of 90 detections were closed, 53.2% of the total.
The closed cases occurred in Buenos Aires: Bahía Blanca (wild birds), Azul, Puán, San Cayetano, Tres Lomas, Chapaleufu, Francisco Berra and Las Flores (backyard); Córdoba: Las Mojarras (wild), Alejandro Roca, Alejo Ledesma, Baldisera, Carnerillo, Del Campillo, Gral. Levalle (2), Idiazabal Union, Los Álvarez, Los Morteritos, San José, La Dormida, Villa del Rosario, Colonia Leguizamón, Jovita, Toledo and La Cautiva (backyard).
Also in Jujuy: Laguna de los Pozuelos (wild); Neuquén: Laguna Blanca and San Patricio del Chañar (wild), Añelo, Plottier, Chapua and Las Lajas (4) (backyard); Río Negro: Choele Choel (backyard); San Luis: Alto Pencoso and Santa Rosa de Conlara (backyard).
Santa Fe is completed: Centeno, Venado Tuerto and Villa Cañás (backyard); Salta: Cerrillos (backyard); Santiago del Estero: Beltran (backyard); Chaco: Avia Terai (2) (backyard); La Pampa: Trenel and Toay (backyard); Chubut: Trevelin (backyard); and Corrientes: San Cosme (backyard).
Cases are considered closed events when satisfactory compliance with the measures provided for in the contingency plan is verified.
Source: Ambito
