Two hundred thousand chickens die and authorities worry about avian flu
quinta-feira, março 09, 2023
The situation only worsened after the confirmation of the death of 200,000 chickens at an establishment in Río Negro, province of Argentine Patagonia.
In addition, the virus has reached more than 20,000 birds on a farm in Mar del Plata, a city in downtown Buenos Aires.
Tragedy
According to the mayor of Río Negro, Miguel Petricio in a farm in Mainqué, rural region of the city, 200,000 broilers died, among the infected and those who had to be slaughtered for sanitary reasons.
There were 10 sheds on site, with 20,000 specimens located in each. None of the animals could avoid death. The information was also corroborated by the National Health and Agri-Food Quality Service (Senasa).This week 3 positive cases of avian influenza were confirmed by the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture.
Two of them were birds from commercial farms, one in the province of Buenos Aires and the other in Neuquén. In addition, a backyard bird in Chaco also had confirmation of having contracted the disease.
Avian influenza
On Tuesday, (1) the Argentine government confirmed the first positive case in birds causing the country to temporarily lose the status of "free of avian influenza".
In addition, in order to comply with international standards, the country suspended the export of poultry products.
Source: Canal Rural
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