It was detected in backyard birds in the department of Lavalleja. There are 14 outbreaks in different departments of Uruguay.
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) detected a new outbreak of bird flu in backyard birds of lavalleja and proceeded to sacrifice a total of 52 animals, within the framework of the fourteenth nucleus to which the disease has reached since the first case was detected in Uruguay.
The episode took place in an establishment Solis de Mataojo, as confirmed by Undersecretary of the Environment, Gerardo Amarilla, to Underline. Despite the fact that the health emergency was decreed and the situation does not affect the normal consumption of eggs and chicken meat, the fear remains in the productive sector that the infections will transfer to the commercial circuit.
After the detection of the case of bird flu, workers of the Departmental Emergency Coordination Center (Cecoed) of Lavalleja and technicians from Ministry of Environment They came to assess the situation. Once there, they had to slaughter 52 chickens and ducks, according to the current protocol.
The technicians supervised other animals in the area and found no more cases. However, since the appearance of the first sick animal in February, the MGAP declared a health emergency in order to contain the situation with control and prevention measures. Since then, eight outbreaks have been observed in backyard birds and another six in wild birds.
Vaccination advances, although the government had to rule out a game
He MGAP promoted compulsory vaccination to try to stop the advance of bird flu and in this sense acquired 10 million of doses in laboratories France and Mexico, investing a total of 4 million dollars. However, weeks ago he was forced to throw away a batch of vaccines.
When explaining why he had to discard the doses, the Ministry specified that they did not have the correct temperature, something for which the Mexican laboratory took over and assumed the error. Thus, it guaranteed the arrival of a new game, although it caused the vaccination schedule to be postponed.
Source: Ambito
