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Jueves, 9 de Mayo de 2013
Mexico: 55,000 chickens culled after new outbreak of avian influenza
The Government made this preventive measure in the state of Puebla, after confirming the presence of the disease.
MEXICO. - The Government of Mexico took place on Wednesday the preventive slaughter of 55,000 birds from a commercial farm in the central state of Puebla, checking an outbreak of bird flu in that unit, reported the Ministry of Agriculture.
The institution indicated in a statement that the National Health Service, Safety and Quality (Senasica) for preventive ordered immediate depopulation of the farm, located in the town of Palmar de Bravo. said that on May 1 received samples from that farm with clinical signs and mortality rate compatible with the "highly pathogenic avian influenza, whose laboratory tests were positive for H7".
"Preliminary investigations indicate that the origin of the infection was due to the incorporation of hens from 75 to 135 weeks old, who completed their first laying cycle and are managed to extend their productive life (molting), which could come initially affected states, "he said. This morning concluded the work of depopulation and burial health of birds in the company concerned. 55,000 animals were sacrificed and removed hazardous materials such as food, cages for egg and poultry, and began cleaning and disinfection actions. 's Ministry of Agriculture said that technicians inspect Senasica other 271 production units in industrial and backyard Puebla, "and so far have not been identified birds with clinical signs consistent with the disease." To date, producers have been delivered to more than 33 million doses of vaccine to proactively apply in more than 100 commercial farms.
Among other measures implemented by the Senasica to prevent the spread of the virus, implementing control movement of birds, products and by-products, animal health outreach and education, and the strengthening of biosecurity measures on farms, he said. late Last April, Mexican authorities ordered the preventive killing of nearly a thousand birds in the state of Tlaxcala, Puebla neighbor, to tackle another outbreak of bird flu detected in a backyard. Nearly four million birds were slaughtered in Mexico because of an outbreak of bird flu detected in February in the central state of Guanajuato, in addition to the more than 22 million killed by the outbreak last summer in the western state of Jalisco.
El Mercurio Online
Jueves, 9 de Mayo de 2013
Mexico: 55,000 chickens culled after new outbreak of avian influenza
The Government made this preventive measure in the state of Puebla, after confirming the presence of the disease.
MEXICO. - The Government of Mexico took place on Wednesday the preventive slaughter of 55,000 birds from a commercial farm in the central state of Puebla, checking an outbreak of bird flu in that unit, reported the Ministry of Agriculture.
The institution indicated in a statement that the National Health Service, Safety and Quality (Senasica) for preventive ordered immediate depopulation of the farm, located in the town of Palmar de Bravo. said that on May 1 received samples from that farm with clinical signs and mortality rate compatible with the "highly pathogenic avian influenza, whose laboratory tests were positive for H7".
"Preliminary investigations indicate that the origin of the infection was due to the incorporation of hens from 75 to 135 weeks old, who completed their first laying cycle and are managed to extend their productive life (molting), which could come initially affected states, "he said. This morning concluded the work of depopulation and burial health of birds in the company concerned. 55,000 animals were sacrificed and removed hazardous materials such as food, cages for egg and poultry, and began cleaning and disinfection actions. 's Ministry of Agriculture said that technicians inspect Senasica other 271 production units in industrial and backyard Puebla, "and so far have not been identified birds with clinical signs consistent with the disease." To date, producers have been delivered to more than 33 million doses of vaccine to proactively apply in more than 100 commercial farms.
Among other measures implemented by the Senasica to prevent the spread of the virus, implementing control movement of birds, products and by-products, animal health outreach and education, and the strengthening of biosecurity measures on farms, he said. late Last April, Mexican authorities ordered the preventive killing of nearly a thousand birds in the state of Tlaxcala, Puebla neighbor, to tackle another outbreak of bird flu detected in a backyard. Nearly four million birds were slaughtered in Mexico because of an outbreak of bird flu detected in February in the central state of Guanajuato, in addition to the more than 22 million killed by the outbreak last summer in the western state of Jalisco.
El Mercurio Online