The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries notified the responsible laboratory in Mexico and they agreed to replace them.
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) reported that he had to throw out a batch of vaccines against bird flu because they did not have the correct temperature, causing vaccination is postponed although the Mexican laboratory assumed the error and took charge of guaranteeing a new batch.
Avian flu continues to be a headache for the government and, especially, for the Ministry who had to discard a batch of vaccines because they did not have the corresponding temperature. The error was found by the controls carried out by the General Directorate of Livestock Services and the Division of Animal Health and Division of Veterinary Laboratories.
Once communicated to the responsible laboratory, it assumed the error and took charge of the situation, guaranteeing a new batch of vaccine doses that will be sent during this week. That is why the Directorate of Livestock Services, through the Animal Health Division, reported that it is postponed until 15 th of May vaccination of the population of adult breeders and layers.
Hope placed in vaccination
For the MGAP, compulsory vaccination stands as the path with the greatest chance of success in the crusade against the spread of bird flu in the country, where they have already been detected. 10 outbreaks of the virusalthough, so far, only in wild and backyard birds, minimizing economic losses for the poultry sector.
In this sense, the ministry acquired 10 million doses in laboratories of France and Mexico, taking charge of the cost that, in total —considering the purchase of vaccines for an amount close to 400 thousand dollars, plus the costs related to investments for the improvement of biosafety conditions—, supposes a budget of 4 million dollars allocated to the campaign against Avian Influenza.
Source: Ambito
