In a set of demands, CUPRA requested the creation of an entity that allows real-time monitoring of cases of the disease.
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) received a letter from Uruguayan Chamber of Poultry Processors (Cupra) where they claim to have the information in real time on the monitoring of avian flu cases and also that scientific control be included, as well as a greater investment in the sector as was done with the meat industry.
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) does not leave concern for avian flu aside, and works to achieve vaccines that would give some peace of mind to the poultry sector, already hit for some time and on the verge of panic in the face of the possibility of massive slaughter of birds due to the appearance of the virus in the corrals.
For this, the general director of the Livestock Services, Diego Freitaswill travel to Mexico to speed up the purchase process of this prevention input. In this regard, the government ordered the purchase of 10 million doses, with the aim of applying a double vaccination scheme as soon as possible against the “epidemiological threat” what became of Avian Influenza H1N5.
Faced with this measure, CUPRA expressed that there must be complementary measures “so as not to jeopardize the project to modernize the sector, its export expectations, or generate ambiguous situations for producers.”
What measures does CUPRA propose?
The main measure proposed by CUPRA was the creation of an entity similar to the Honorary Scientific Advisory Group (GACH) where scientists from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) are involved, “to enrich knowledge and follow the evolution of the global epidemic, advising public and private actors.”
On the other hand, they claimed that the government must devote its best efforts “to resolve the informality and biosecurity problems associates in a large number of laying farms”. This is related to a need for the country to invest in the poultry sector. “National Poultry requires the country to invest as it did and does for beefin the development of knowledge and in the contribution of the best scientists that we can count on so that we can take firm and safe steps in the development strategy of the sector agreed with the government”, said the president of CUPRA, Sunday Estevez.
Currently the sector has only 7% of the potential open markets and they are all of low demand; therefore low value. As a reference in the case of beef, Uruguay has more than 75% of the world’s markets enabled. In this sense, in May a CUPRA representative will participate in an official mission of the country to China, Hong Kong and Macao.
Source: Ambito
