SENASA assures that the advance of Avian influenza in Costa Rica has been of low intensity

Published 2023년 2월 20일

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Ten cases of avian influenza, primarily affecting pelicans, have been reported by the National Animal Health Service (SENASA) in Costa Rica within a month of the first detection. The outbreak, largely contained in coastal regions, includes one case in a hawk and a domestic bird, prompting SENASA to maintain vigilance and reinforce biosecurity measures in poultry farms. SENASA is collaborating with the Ministry of Health to monitor the situation and ensure human health. International experts recommend continued surveillance and investment in science to develop a universal vaccine against the flu virus, while assuring the public that eating well-cooked poultry products is safe.

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The National Animal Health Service (SENASA) reports 10 avian influenza events in our country, one month after detecting the pathogen. The first case was on January 23 with the detection of sick pelicans in Playa Cocles, in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, in addition, there have been seven other cases in this species, one in a hawk and only one case in a domestic bird. “It has been a low-intensity advance, they are not massive events, and they are practically in coastal areas, we have findings, both in the Caribbean and in the Pacific, and most of them in waterfowl, specifically in pelicans, so we can say things that we are in a situation under control”, mentioned the head of the epidemiology department of SENASA, Alexis Sandí Of course, Sandí assures that we must not lower our guard, and for this reason, they already work together with the Ministry of Health, since he insists that the ultimate goal of SENASA is to ensure human health. "Institutionally we have very good communication, ...

Source: Costaricamedios