Cases of avian influenza surround Paraguay

Currently, Paraguay is surrounded by cases of avian influenza, since 13 countries on the continent, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the United States, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, confirmed the outbreaks of this disease in the last week and months ago. Recently, wild birds from Argentina and Uruguay were affected by AI, and this puts our country on high alert in the sense of intensifying control measures to prevent entry. In this sense, the National Service for Quality and Animal Health (Senacsa) reminds poultry producers and the general population of the importance of notification of any suspicion of the disease for early detection in the event of the entry of the virus. For the public's knowledge, it is mentioned that avian influenza is a contagious disease, caused by a virus that affects domestic and wild birds, it is also transmitted through direct contact with infected birds or indirectly and contaminated feed . AI virus is shed ...