This is the fifth case that has occurred among backyard birds since the first discovery on February 15.
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) confirmed this Tuesday that he found a new source of bird flu, in a house on Camino Carlos A. López in the department of Montevideo. This is the tenth case since February 15 and the fifth that occurs in backyard birds.
In the capital’s house, next to a cutwater, the government portfolio ran into 50 non-commercial birds killedand it is assumed that they were in contact with wild birds affected by the virus.
The MGAP continues to bet on containing these home outbreaks with the hope that the disease does not spread to laying and breeding hens, and chickens from the industrial chain.
The government portfolio continues to await the arrival of some 10 million vaccines against avian influenza from France and Mexico to establish a double vaccination scheme in animals intended for production.
An outbreak of bird flu forced the slaughter of more than 100 chickens in San José
Yesterday, another outbreak of bird flu was registered in the department of Saint Joseph. The focus would have affected at least 110 backyard chickenswhich had to be sacrificed in the Josefina locality of Juan Soler.
The MGAP was calm after the application of the protocol in the area, which consists of the animal sacrifice and the establishment of a radius of control.
The authorities believe that there is a relationship between this outbreak and the outbreak discovered at the end of last month in the town of Pennine Beachalso from the department of San José, after a wild black-necked swan died.
The birds from the rural property were also intended for personal consumption, so they are outside the commercial circuit. The discovery of these outbreaks shows the progress of a disease that has already reached several departments of the country.
Source: Ambito
