Poultry industry celebrates Argentina’s return to bird flu-free status

The poultry industry celebrates the notification by the National Agri-Food Sanitation and Quality Service (Senasa) to the World Organization for Animal Health (DNSA)Argentina’s health status restored as an avian influenza-free country.

“It’s good news that OMSA, as the entity that received the complaint when the first case happened, has about 15 days to inform the rest of the world that Argentina is a free country again. Bird flu.” Center of Poultry Processing Companies (CEPA) Chairman Roberto Domenech pointed out.

Similarly, Domenech stated: “AlthoughSENASA and the private sector will continue to implement all health mandates This makes it possible to control the spread of the virus. In turn, the private sector will work to deepen traceability and biosecurity on farms to avoid possible outbreaks of the virus entering the commercial sector.

The restoration of “bird flu-free” health provides international support for the way the crisis has been handled, which may seem like a long time from a commercial point of view, but from a health point of view, “

Finally, the Chairman of CEPA emphasized that “We congratulate and thank all areas of SENASA from the private sector They have shown tremendous commitment, support and dedication to achieve this successful outcome. We underscored the support of the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Economy for the sector by distributing necessary items to compensate producers who had to slaughter all their birds, and even for fertilized or commercial eggs they did not leave on farms, to limit the virus. Spread”.

“It’s very good news and we celebrate it, but we have a lot of work to do in the next two weeks in order to officially reopen all markets and that needs to be fully coordinated with the authorities so that the whole process works smoothly. Sequential and reliable. Cash forward, We make prevention part of national policy

Given what we’ve been through this year, it’s critical for the industry,” said Capia President Javier Prida.

In the 162 days since the first bird flu outbreak in Argentina, 18 outbreaks have occurred in poultry farms, involving a total of about 2.2 million birds. Most of the cases are in the province of Buenos Aires, but there are also cases in Neuquen, Rionegro, Entre Ríos, Córdoba, Chubut and Santa Fe.

“We have taken effective action to control the disease and provided assurance of epidemiological surveillance that the disease is not present in the national poultry industry. We continue to work on zoning tools with the aim of keeping international trade in poultry uninterrupted should this occur will regrow,” said Ximena Melón, National Director of Animal Health at Senasa.

In addition, Mellon emphasized: “DNSA, its business areas in various regions, the work carried out by Senasa National Laboratory, combined with the cooperation with production departments and provincial and national agencies, make the restoration of epidemiological stability after the outbreak an important task. Possibly. It has been nearly 6 months since the virus was first detected on a poultry farm”.

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