Avian flu outbreak puts Momkos town under quarantine

Cartagena

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) continues to intervene in cases of avian influenza among backyard birds on Atlantic coast farms, The last one is located in the municipality of Mompox, in the department of Bolivar, more precisely in the department of Bolivar The villages of Guaimaral, La Lobata, Las Boquillas and San Nicolás.

The ICA National Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed the positive result, After the entity technical team receives the notice from the owner.

“We are taking steps to control the outbreak, including quarantine of the property and sanitary culling of affected birds.” said Edilberto Brito Sierra, deputy manager of animal protection at ICA.

ICA, together with other entities, is promoting all protocols established internationally to contain the disease and prevent its spread. Due to the migration routes taken by wild birds between September and December.

Health authorities are calling on communities in the area to report any suspicious clinical signs in their birds, at the nearest ICA office or through channels established for this purpose, so that prompt action can be taken in the event of possible disease.

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The institute recommends that all poultry producers strengthen biosecurity measures to prevent avian influenza from entering poultry farms and He reiterated the commitment that all links in the production chain must be relevant to the health of the country’s poultry.

Despite this new emphasis established by WHOSA, the World Organization for Animal Health, The country has not lost its self-declared health status as being free of highly pathogenic avian influenza.