Director of National Intelligence, Salta – Multiple cases of bird flu: Alarms and concerns throughout the town of Salta.
Yesterday, the National Service of Sanitation and Quality of Agri-Food Hygiene (SENASA) confirmed a case of bird flu in chickens raised in the yard of a house in the town of Rio Piedras, in the province of Metán, in the province of Salta.
Raúl DÃaz Pardo, the agency’s regional coordinator for animal health, reported that after being notified by the owner, five samples were taken, all of which came back positive in the laboratory.
Senasa teams have been working in the town since Thursday and protocols and contingency plans have been activated. The findings were officially confirmed yesterday.
“It was a hatchery in the backyard with about 40 chickens of different breeds,” Pardo confirmed.
will be sacrificed
All poultry in locations where positive cases have been tested will be slaughtered. Though again, his fate would be death, as the disease is highly fatal.
Senasa experts will continue contingency planning today with public health authorities and the operation will extend 10 kilometers in each direction. We will visit chicken farms and chicken farms to verify their health and prevent the spread of disease.
good attitude
Veterinarian Pardo said: “We must emphasize the immediate reporting attitude of the hen owners, which allowed us to act quickly and deploy contingency plans.”
Senasa Regional Coordinator for Animal Health said: “The health team has started to trace the entire bird population and check their health and, if appropriate, samples will be taken.”
they bring peace
“We are working in a coordinated manner to reduce the potential for risk of transmission to people. Transmission of disease through the consumption of chicken or eggs has not been proven, as cooking destroys the virus,” Pardo clarified.
By definition, avian influenza is an acute, highly contagious infectious disease that affects domestic and wild birds. The causative agent is a virus of the genus Influenzavirus in the Orthomyxoviridae family.
first case
The first case in the province was detected in February this year, in a house in the town of La Isla, in the province of Serrios, also on chickens in the backyard. The first case in Bolivia has put local poultry production on alert.
The case was confirmed on 19 February this year, four days after Argentina detected its first case of avian influenza in a migratory bird. Experts warn that it will be difficult to avoid entering the country.
fountain: Radio Salta.