Argentina expands its zone free of salmonid diseases in Río Negro and Neuquén

Published 2022년 3월 15일

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Argentina has expanded its self-declared salmonid disease-free zone, as confirmed by the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The expansion includes the Piedra del Águila zone, adding to the previously recognized free zone that included the upper basin of the Limay River and the Alicurá reservoir. Senasa has submitted evidence to the OIE for compliance with international standards for six diseases that affect salmonids. The OIE will review the documentation and publish the self-declared disease status, aiding trading partners in recognizing the sanitary status.
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Buenos Aires - The National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) presented a technical document to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in which it provides evidence of compliance with the standards of the international organization to self-declare the Piedra del Águila zone free of notifiable diseases that affect salmonids. In this way, Argentina expands the aforementioned free zone that already includes the upper basin of the Limay River and the Alicurá reservoir in the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro. The documentation presented by Senasa covers the following diseases that affect salmonids: Infection by the epizootic hematopoietic necrosis virus (EHNV); Gyrodactylus salaris infection; Infection with infectious salmon anemia virus (Infection with HPR and HPR0 deletion variants of infectious salmon anemia virus); Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) infection and Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (HSV) infection. The OIE has already published ...

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