The portfolio run by fernando mattos reported that, within the framework of the permanent surveillance carried out by the Animal Health Division of the General Directorate of Livestock Servicesand from the notification of the Park Ranger Service of the National System of Protected Areas (SNAP) a sick black-necked swan was detected.
The MGAP had extreme controls last December, after the bird flu spread from North America to countries like Colombia, Ecuador and Peru throughout 2022. The disease is easily transmissible between birds and often results in heavy losses for the poultry industry, which is already facing difficult times.
It was precisely because of the current situation in the sector that, two weeks ago, Minister Mattos began negotiations for China to open its market to Uruguayan poultry meat. The announcement was made during a tour of poultry establishments with the Chinese ambassador in Uruguay, Wang gang.
China is a country with a high demand for animal protein and the largest market for the export of Uruguayan beef and sheep meat.
The minister then stressed that the national poultry sector “has the conditions to be competitive and generate quality products” for foreign markets. “Perhaps there is no other industry as important in the generation of labor as poultry farming.”, he said during the recent Poultry Expo in Saint Baptistin Cannelloni.
Among the measures announced this Wednesday by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries to prevent the spread of bird flu in Uruguay are, in addition, the restriction of all movements within the national territory of backyard birds and birds not controlled through of the Poultry Monitoring System.
While backyard birds and those that make up the production system FreeRange must be housed in closed facilities with a roof in compliance with the Avian Influenza Contingency Manual approved in 2022.
All fairs, auctions, exhibitions and events related to the avian species were also suspended, with legal sanctions for those who fail to comply with this or any of the decreed measures.
Source: Ambito
