The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Sustainable Production and Irrigation (Seapi) will reduce the number of sanitary barriers against avian flu a From this Friday (23), and will maintain four barriers, instead of seven, after the completion of the first stage of surveys and absence of new cases.
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THE demobilization occurs after surveys on rural properties within ten kilometers from the focus of the Avian influenza . Two disinfection barriers will follow 24 hours active within three kilometers, in addition to the structure on RS-124 and blocking barrier to focus. To date, 2,805 vehicles have been approached and disinfected.
Seapi reinforces that the consumption of poultry and eggs is safe, as transmission does not occur through ingestion. There are no restrictions on consumption. Any suspicion of the disease, such as respiratory, neurological signs or high and sudden mortality in birds, should be notified to Seapi.
Sanitary Education Region
This Thursday (22), the Department of Surveillance and Animal Health Defense held sanitary education In 32 municipal and state schools in the region, as well as meetings with school managers, health agents and endemic agents. THE avian flu or Avian influenza It is a viral disease that mainly affects birds, but can infect mammals, including humans.
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Until Thursday (22), seven sanitary barriers were in operation, one block and two of disinfection in the focus area (three kilometers), and four in surveillance area (ten kilometers). 540 properties and a farm were visited. In focus area 30 subsistence properties completed the second cycle of surveys.
In surveillance area 510 subsistence properties and a poultry farm ended the first cycle. The operation has 85 Seapi servers, five from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), five from Montenegro City Hall, 50 of the Military Brigade and five from the Fire Department.
Avian flu: same strain is detected in farm and zoo in RS
The genetic sequencing of avian influenza detected in birds in a Sapucaia do Sul zoo (RS) and a commercial farm in Montenegro (RS) indicated the same strain as the virus in both cases, said the director of the Department of Animal Health Surveillance and Sanitary Defense of the Rio Grande do Sul Secretariat of Agriculture, Rosane Collares.
However, according to Collares, it is not yet possible to “say that there is a direct relationship between the two” recorded cases in the cities of Rio Grande do Sul.
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This content was originally published in Avian influenza: Sanitary Barriers will be reduced in a focus region in RS on the CNN Brazil website.
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