General Directorate of Livestock ensures the Dominican Republic will not allow imports of meat and poultry from countries that are affected by the disease
To prevent the entry of bird flur that affects USA Y Europe the country will not allow imports of meat and poultry from countries that are affected by the disease.
By participating as guests in the TODAY Economic MeetingDirector of Livestock, Geovanny Antonio Molina; the director of the Central Veterinary Laboratory (Lavecen), Griselda López; the one in charge of Department of Health Campaign, Dejelia Gómez, and the director of Extension and Development, Alejandrito Batistaindicated that Dominican Republic have the National Emergency Plan for the Prevention of the Entry of Avian Influenza to Dominican territory, which was designed in 2006 to preserve animal health in the national poultry subsector.
Through this plan, different measures are implemented, including the strengthening of surveillance in Dominican ports and airports. Also the prohibition of the entry of products of animal origin (alive or dead) that do not have the proper health authorization previously issued by the Livestock Risk Analysis Department.
In addition, follow-up is given to the already established sanitary protocols, reinforcement of the personnel and alert systems in relation to emergency actions and alert and early response to the notification of suspicions by the producers.
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Likewise, Lavecen is duly accredited with the ISO 17025 standard and has PCR diagnostics, serological and antigen tests.
They indicated that only in the United States the disease has been detected in 29 states, exceeding 32 million birds slaughtered, outbreaks that mostly began in poultry, but spread to the commercial part.
They stressed that this situation has led the General Directorate of Livestock to maintain permanent vigilance and the cases that appear in the US and Europe are monitored to prevent the country from being affected.
In addition, they highlight that the Dominican poultry sector is strong and well organized and works in partnership with Livestock technicians.
In the Dominican Republic, some 17 million chickens are produced per month and 8.5 million eggs per day, according to official statistics.
Avian or bird influenza is the disease caused by infection with avian influenza (flu) type A viruses. These viruses are naturally found among wild waterfowl around the world and can infect domestic poultry. and to other birds and other animal species.
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The government has provided compensation amounting to US$1.4 billion in its plan to eradicate swine fever.
Director of Cattle raising, Geovanny Antonio Molinasaid that entity, together with the Department of agriculture and the Agricultural BankThey are executing the control and eradication plan for this disease.
He explained that the General Directorate of Livestock He is in charge of the technical part of the plan, which represents the surveillance of cases, the diagnosis and the elimination of positive cases, which he said have been considerably reduced.
While the Agricultural Bank is responsible for paying those affected.
