Ecuador will vaccinate against H5N1 HPAI
8 February, 2023
Ecuador approved the purchase of vaccines to deal with an outbreak of avian influenza that has left around 1.2 million birds dead or slaughtered, especially in the north-central Andean region. The vaccines will be supplied by Mexico. Each dose will cost about eight cents and each bird, if vaccinated from a young age, requires three doses (future layers).
The outbreak of avian influenza was initially detected in the provinces of Cotopaxi and Tungurahua and later spread to a lesser extent in the provinces of Pichincha and Bolívar.
In Ecuador, there are 1,810 farms with a production of 260 million chickens, 16 million laying hens.
