Certified by the National Agricultural Health and Quality Service (SENASA) New cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection in marine mammals. the case is The first to be found in the province of Río Negro.The national laboratory tested positive for a sample taken from the hair of the sea lion (Otaria flavescens), which was The bodies were found in the Punta Bermeja Nature Reserve (commonly known as “La Lobería”), about 60 kilometers from Viedma.
Three notifications of sea lions have been processed so far: the first two were negative and the last, recently found in the Rio Grande and South Atlantic Islands in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, is the first of its kind for this species positive event. nation.
The discovery was made in Rionegro, 1,500 km away from the first outbreak of marine mammal outbreaks, following nationwide surveillance actions and measures to prevent the disease established by SENASA Emergency Declaration No. 147/2023 derived.
Since the onset of the outbreak, health agencies have continued to cooperate with different regions as well as national, provincial and municipal organizations and production departments. Be vigilant about disease behavior and the forms of its dissemination and dissemination. Likewise, producers, institutions, and the public are reminded that they must notify if high mortality, neurological, digestive, and/or respiratory symptoms of susceptible species are found in wild birds or in commercial or backyard poultry. People also remember not to go to poultry farms after exposure to dead or symptomatic animals.