two new copies Yellow-legged Gull in Ribadeo and A Coruña gave Avian influenza positiveAccording to the Department of Rural Environment. Xunta has informed the Ministry of Agriculture after receiving confirmation from the Ventral Veterinary Laboratory in Alget.
The birds were found with clinical signs in Ribadeo and A Coruña and were transferred to the Wildlife Recovery Centers in Oleiros, A Coruña and Lugo Overal, where samples were collected for laboratory testing analyze.
In terms of these two new cases, A total of ten outbreaks have been reported in Galicia so far this yearcorresponding to nine seagulls, and the other to a parasitic skua.
The notification of these two outbreaks affects only wild birds and does not imply a change in the health situation related to avian influenza in Galicia, nor does it mean that No additional restrictions or measures on bird trade Live products and derivative products originating in the autonomous region.
According to Medio Rural, the current assessment of the risk of the emergence of avian influenza “remains favorable” because the period of cold temperatures more conducive to the spread of the virus has not yet begun.