January 30, 2023, 12:50 PM
January 30, 2023, 12:50 PM
In the midst of the bird flu outbreak in the department of Cochabamba, poultry farmers in this region guaranteed the supply of chicken meat and eggs on Monday. Also, assured that the disease has no harmful effect on human health.
According to a report from the ABI agency, the Cochabamba poultry farmers asked the population to calm down in the face of this health problem.
The vice president of the Departmental Association of Poultry Farmers of CochabambaIván Carrión, quoted by ABI, reported that the sale of quality and certified eggs and chicken meat is guaranteed.
On Saturday, the Minister of Rural Development and Lands, Remmy Gonzales, confirmed the presence of avian influenza in the municipality of Sacaba (Cochabamba)Therefore, a health emergency plan was activated to contain this disease immediately.
In this context, the leader reported that the disease occurred in laying birds and due to the high mortality, the corresponding sanitary burials were carried out, in addition, all necessary precautions were taken to prevent the birds from leaving the farms.
In addition, he assured that currently the slaughterhouses that the department of Cochabamba has are first line, with a “very” high level of health.
He confirmed that the first outbreaks of bird flur appeared in Cochabamba, but the disease “does not cause any harm to humans, on the contrary, it is very aggressive with birds.”
The executive director of the National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (Senasag)Javier Suárez, clarified this Monday that the bird flu has several variants, some of them can infect humans, but the symptoms are “very mild.”
According to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is an infectious disease that mainly affects birds and is caused by a virus from the Orthomyxoviridae family.
To prevent the spread of this disease, Senasag authorized the slaughter of 142,200 infected birds from the Cochabamba municipalities of He took out and Quillacollo.
From the Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) and the Santa Cruz Departmental Poultry Farmers Association (ADA) indicated that they will provide all the necessary support to the health authorities to control the outbreak of this disease.
And like the producers from Cochabamba, they indicated that the supply of chicken meat and eggs, essential proteins in the basic basket, is guaranteed.
