National Agrarian Health Service of Peru
MIDAGRI: Peru redoubles efforts due to the increase in cases of avian flu in birds and mammals
Press release
Photos: Senasa
June 15, 2023 - 1:09 p.m.
The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, through SENASA, reported that Peru has reported the death of 9,890 sea lions and 605,158 wild birds associated with the avian influenza virus, mainly in the regions located along the country's coastline.
Although the disease has been affecting mainly wild birds and some species of mammals, the viral load of these animals has also managed to infect domestic birds in 13 regions of the country.
In recent weeks, the appearance of birds and sea lions on the Peruvian coast has increased and, faced with this context, SENASA is on maximum alert, for which reason it has ordered, through the 'Con Punche Perú' economic reactivation plan, hiring a larger team of specialists to deal with notifications at the national level in a timely manner and carry out control actions in the event of detecting any possible case that may arise.
It is important to consider that, since the beginning of the health emergency, SENASA managed to attend to 166 positive cases of H5 avian influenza in domestic birds, mostly in backyard birds, that is, birds that are found inside houses. .
“We are redoubling our efforts to intensify surveillance and control actions throughout the national territory and, thus, safeguard public health and food security in the country. To date, the work carried out has allowed the country not to report cases in humans and, in addition, the price of chicken meat, the main source of protein for Peruvian consumers, is normalized”, pointed out the head of SENASA, Miguel Quevedo.
As is known, avian influenza has been affecting several countries in Latin America, with confirmed cases in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Panama, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Honduras. Until now, only cases of infection in humans have been reported in Ecuador and Chile.
Vaccination and sanitary provisions
In Peru, the vaccination process for long-lived domestic birds began and, to date, 31,710,178 doses have already been applied.
The health emergency due to avian influenza extended until December 31, 2023 throughout the national territory. In this way, the measures established by SENASA remain in force, such as the prohibition on the movement of domestic birds without a health certificate and the prohibition of holding gallistic events in areas where positive cases have been detected, among others.
Finally, poultry producers are urged to work jointly with SENASA to address any suspicion of the disease, immediately notifying the death of domestic birds to the cell phone 946922469 or to the email
reporta.peru@senasa.gob.pe .
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