Tehuacán, Pué Province – Poultry farmers in the region are working with teams of workers to prepare to vaccinate 30 million chickens Egg production has decreased due to confirmed cases of avian influenza in the country. Over the weekend, technicians from the National Service for Agricultural Food Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) detected the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) AH5 virus at an egg-laying farm in Cayem, Sonora state.
For days, there has been talk that the first case in the north of the country could be positive, and Local producers await activation of animal health equipment
They will be notified in writing to be vaccinated. In addition, they received instructions from Víctor Villalobos Arámbula, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Federal Government.Jorge García de la Cadena Romero, Tehuacan Poultry Farmers Association, mentioned once Confirmed the existence of this virus and eliminate affected birds, It is necessary to initiate a protocol for requesting vaccines in various regions of the country Areas such as Tehuacán have large populations of poultry.
He noted that the good news for poultry farmers is that the vaccine is already available and available in sufficient quantities, so in the coming days, Once the first doses of the vaccine are available, they will begin administering them to 30 million egg-laying hens.
The birds will receive 2 doses of the vaccine and an additional dose 6 weeks later to maintain protection throughout the winter.“We don’t vaccinate just because of bird flu cases, we vaccinate at the end of every year as a preventive measure,” A representative of the poultry farmers said he confirmed pharmaceutical companies were producing enough doses to meet the demand.He expressed The company already has teams of workers ready to start administering the doses
. Unlike previous years, there was no shortage of vaccines this time and the virus was discovered in time.Finally, he stressed that everything is currently planned entirely by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Directorate General of Animal Health (DGSA).