The last two cases were learned on July 24
Barcelona, 1 August (Europress Agency) –
The regional Ministry for Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda said the bird flu outbreak in Catalonia was “in the normal range”.
This was reported in a statement on Tuesday after learning of cases of different wild birds testing positive for avian influenza in recent days.
According to the ministry’s registry, the last cases were detected on July 24, in two common terns in El Perello and Cambrils (Tarragona) and in Tarragona. A little tern.
The executive explained, “The disease is widespread, even to epidemic proportions, throughout Europe, so finding bird deaths is no exception.”
Even so, it warned that it was important the disease “does not spread to farm birds”, so the ministry has sent an email to the department notifying different cases so that precautions can be taken to avoid contagion.
protocol
As soon as one of these cases was detected, he recalled, a protocol was activated within 10 kilometers of the bird’s location, and poultry farms had to take precautionary measures within 30 days of reporting a suspicious situation.
Some of these measures are banning the use of Anseriformes and Sauriformes as hunting bait; prohibiting the mixing of ducks and geese with other birds, and prohibiting the production and rearing of free-range poultry.
The government has asked rural agencies to cooperate to strengthen passive surveillance of wild birds across the territory, especially in areas where the positive birds are located, to eliminate them and avoid the spread of the disease.
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On 10 February, the largest focus of bird flu-affected birds detected in 2023 was registered on a farm in Alberca (Lleida), where 9,132 wild turkeys tested positive.
“Urgent” measures were taken such as the slaughter of all birds on the farm and the preventive slaughter of birds on farms that were epidemiologically relevant.
After 30 days, the status of the avian influenza virus in poultry in Spanish states recovered prior to the lifting of the restrictions in the restricted area by the European Union, and the free status of the virus was restored in March. World Organization for Animal Health (WHO).