Mexico Bird Flu: 2.7 million birds infected with AH7N3 virus

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Tepatitlán, Jal. Two weeks after being detected, the AH7N3 avian influenza virus has infected 2.7 million birds killed in farm Tepatitlán 987.701 and Acatic, which so far has been the focus of the outbreak.

The National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) confirmed that the number of farms affected by avian flu is 24, out of 129 sampled within a radius of 40 kilometers, the region's poultry Los Altos, where other producing 10 ships were subjected to the virus.

Based on the National Emergency Animal Health has analyzed the SENASICA 14.4 million birds, of which there are 2.7 million affected, so it keeps a tight control around the quarantined area, including the presence of elements Federal Preventive Police (PFP) in checkpoints to prevent movement of sick animals, meat, eggs, offal and poultry.

SUFFICIENT SUPPLY

The head of the agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Enrique Sánchez Cruz, reiterated that it guaranteed the supply of chicken and eggs for domestic consumption.

Mexico is a country that has about 500 million birds as a whole, of these, about 200 million are in position. Read More