Argentina: first case of HPAI in a commercial poultry flock
The National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) confirmed the first positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in the province of Río Negro. Senasa explained that "the positive case comes from a broiler chicken establishment located in the town of Mainque, province of Río Negro, south of the Patagonian zoophytosanitary barrier, in an area of low poultry density.
The agency ordered to carry out the corresponding containment measures, established in the avian influenza contingency manual, in order to avoid the spread of the disease in other establishments that produce birds destined for the commercial circuit. Of the 177 notifications analyzed by the Senasa Laboratory, to date, there are 25 confirmed cases in wild birds (3), backyard (21) and commercial sector (1) distributed as follows: 13 in Córdoba, 4 in Buenos Aires, 2 in Río Negro, 2 in Santa Fe, 1 in Jujuy, 1 in Neuquén, 1 in San Luis and 1 in Salta.
