A positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has recently been identified in a wild mammal country of fire The Epidemiological Coordinating Center of the Animal Health Directorate (DSA) of Argentina’s National Health Service said that Argentina’s HPAI-free country declaration issued this week to the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA) “has no impact” on food quality ( Senasa).
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was detected in 7 of 21 sea lions found dead in Rio Grande “It won’t have an impact on the declaration of a free country because it’s happening in business and in mammals and wildlife,” They designated Télam from the agency.
“This event had no impact on the health status of Argentine poultry and, in fact, the self-declaration of the absence of HPAI in poultry in Argentina remains valid.” Epidemiological coordination of Senasa DSA deepened.
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This finding was made within the framework of nationwide surveillance actions and measures to prevent the disease established by the HPAI declaration of a state of emergency (Senasa Resolution 147/2023), with the aim of Retain the country’s most recent self-declaration that the disease is free from poultry (commercial circulation).
also, Senasa emphasized that this is the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection in a mammal in the country, They clarified: “Based on international experience, it has been observed that marine mammals may be susceptible to avian influenza and that infection is less frequent.”
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In this sense, the agency mentioned that “countries in the region, such as Peru and Chile, have also reported other positive cases. outbreak of bird flu.
Senasa, on the other hand, reported that “in order to guarantee the maintenance of the status of a free state, a follow-up commission is being established with the provincial government and the city of Rio Grande to develop control and containment tasks in the affected areas, ensuring that The activity is limited to wild species.”
“We also continue to work with different regional, national, provincial, municipal organizations and production sectors, because we remain vigilant in the face of the behavior of this disease and its transmission and transmission patterns,” he concluded.