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Mexican authorities have declared the country free of H5N1 avian influenza, nearly a year after launching a bird vaccination campaign in high-risk areas to prevent its spread, according to a release in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on Wednesday.

The Treasury Department said the decision will boost sales of live poultry and poultry products and by-products originating in Mexico.

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In October 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that the virus was detected on a commercial farm with 60,000 birds in the state of Nuevo León, which borders the United States, days after notifying the World Organization for Animal Health (WHOSA). Virus. The first serious strain.

To ensure that Mexico remains free of the disease, the country will maintain epidemiological surveillance, traceability, movement controls and other strict safety procedures, the document said.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has killed flocks of poultry in the United States and Europe since last year.

In South America, Brazil enacted a 180-day animal health emergency in May after detecting several cases, and Ecuador confirmed the presence of the virus in some birds in the Galapagos Islands in September.

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