Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Confirmed a case of bird flu in Cantabria in a peregrine falcon
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has underlined the high level of surveillance and biosecurity in poultry farms, especially in "high risk" areas such as Cantabria, where an isolated case of avian flu was confirmed last Friday on a peregrine falcon.
Ministry sources have reminded Efeagro that Noja, where this case has been detected -confirmed by PCR test on November 24 by the State Reference Laboratory of Algete (Madrid) - is an "important wintering point for birds and it is already classified as high risk by the MAP ".
The poultry farms located in the area have small censuses, of between 20 and 50 animals, they have detailed.
The same sources have specified that in Spain "no outbreak in poultry has yet been detected."
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has underlined the high level of surveillance and biosecurity in poultry farms, especially in "high risk" areas such as Cantabria, where an isolated case of avian flu was confirmed last Friday on a peregrine falcon.
Ministry sources have reminded Efeagro that Noja, where this case has been detected -confirmed by PCR test on November 24 by the State Reference Laboratory of Algete (Madrid) - is an "important wintering point for birds and it is already classified as high risk by the MAP ".
The poultry farms located in the area have small censuses, of between 20 and 50 animals, they have detailed.
The same sources have specified that in Spain "no outbreak in poultry has yet been detected."