Senasa analyzed the animals after 40 deaths were detected on the Necocheanan breakwater on Tuesday and confirmed these were new cases of bird flu.
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After 40 sea lions died at Nekocheanan breakwater, National Produce Health and Quality Service (Senasa) 16 animals tested confirmed to have bird flu Whether the rest also died from the disease is still being studied.
In any case, Senasa noted in a statement that the sea lions were found dead in Necochea (Buenos Aires) and Port Loyola (Santa Cruz). due to “new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5″.
Senasa National Laboratory diagnosed “New samples test positive for the diseasetaken from a sea lion (Otaria flavescens) found dead in the sea Port Kecan, Port Necochea, and Port Loyolathey reported.
Senasa is deploying Surveillance operations and hygiene measures the entire national territory prevent disease.They pledged to “work with local authorities within the sampling protocol Identify burial sites for suspected dead animals to avoid any type of contamination or from other animals or humans”.
In any event, the agency recommends that “do not handle dead animals or have suspicious symptoms.”
New round of bird flu outbreak in Viedma city
In turn, apart from the cases registered in Necochea and Santa Cruz, The Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Rio Negro and the Municipality of Viedma discovered a dozen dead sea lions on Thursday.
“We’re not sure how it evolved or what contagion looks like, The virus is going to wrap around the coast and we hope it passes as soon as possible for the people Don’t experience this in summersaid Fabián Llanos, Undersecretary of the Environment and Climate Change.
Also in Tierra del Fuego, 21 sea lions died, at least 7 confirmed to be infected with bird fluAs a result, the provincial government prohibited people from entering the Rio Grande Municipal Coastal Reserve.