Brazil: MAPA works to guarantee chicken meat exports to Japan

Since the identification of infection by the highly pathogenic Influenza A virus (H5N1) in wild aquatic migratory birds in Brazil, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has maintained a constant state of alert, intensifying education measures and risk communication about the disease, as well as bird surveillance throughout the country, which has encouraged new notifications. Last Saturday (15), an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (IAAP) was confirmed in domestic poultry on a property in the municipality of Maracajá (SC), where several species of birds, such as chickens, guinea fowl, , pheasants, geese, ducks, partridges and turkeys, were raised loose and not intended for the production of products for sale. The property has a small flooded area (dam), where free wild birds are found. Faced with this situation, Mapa informs that the property has been interdicted since the first service carried out by the Official Veterinary Service (SVO). After confirmation, all ...