Patricia Miranda, director of O’Higgins Agriculture and Livestock, clarified this, saying that while the country has declared itself free of bird flu, some of that money goes to meat production facilities,” she said. So they still exist.” monitoring and containment measures”.
On August 22 this year, Chile announced that highly pathogenic avian influenza has been eliminated from poultry. However, to clarify what that means, O’Higgins’ Screen Actors Guild president Patricia Miranda told El Tipógrafo, “The emergency continues. Based on migration from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, The virus arrived in Chile carried by wild birds. This has happened naturally over the years, but depending on the type of virus and how pathogenic it is, we may have different effects.”
He added, “In this case, the virus transmitted by these migratory birds remained in the country because the exotic birds had contact with native birds, Chilean resident birds, as well as poultry. So the disease could eventually emerge in the backyard, on other birds or mammals.”
Regarding the declaration of “bird flu-free country”, the SAG authorities stated that “after complying with the deadline set by the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA), we self-declared ourselves as a bird flu-free country, which allowed us to resume some export markets that were suspended”. The SAG director(s) added: “It is true that the factories where the disease was present took all the sanitation measures and it was brought under control, it has been eradicated in terms of production.”
He added, “By maintaining this state of emergency, we are paying attention to complaints from citizens about symptoms associated with wild birds, backyard birds or domestic birds.”
Avian Influenza in Marine Mammals
“In the O’Higgins area, 258 marine animals have died from HPAI so far this year,” said the regional director of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Agency (Sernapesca). They were 254 common sea lions, 3 Humboldt penguins and an agouti dolphin”.
He added: “As a service we will continue to monitor conditions on the coast of the country and the region as there may be an increase in stranded or dead animals over the coming months. Advice to the public has remained unchanged since the start of the emergency Changes: Do not approach stranded marine animals, do not handle them and report them to our helpline on 800 320 032.