Chile declared a case of Avian Influenza in chickens, but assured that their health status is not in danger

The Chilean Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) reported this Wednesday that it "timely controlled a positive case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in backyard birds in the Chañaral de Aceituno area, Atacama Region." “This is the first discovery of the disease in domestic birds corresponding to a self-consumption backyard chicken coop. This finding does not change the national health condition, maintaining the country's status free of avian influenza”, emphasized the neighboring country's health service. A few days ago, Bolivia was the other border country with Argentina that declared outbreaks of the dangerous AI. In the case of Chile, which had already detected the disease in wild birds in Arica, Parinacota and Ñuble, "the detection was achieved within the framework of a complaint, which allowed -once the case was confirmed by the SAG laboratories- to take immediately the sanitary measures indicated by the World Organization for Animal Health (WHO) for the control ...