Brazil: ABPA and ASGAV said that the impact of Newcastle disease will be limited and await a rapid resumption of chicken meat trade

The impacts of the suspension of part of chicken meat shipments due to the Ministry of Agriculture's self-embargo measure after the positive diagnosis of Newcastle disease, in Anta Gorda, Rio Grande do Sul, should be limited, according to reports from ABPA (Brazilian Association of Animal Protein) and ASGAV (Gaúcha Poultry Association) in a press conference this Friday (19). According to the institutions, although foreign trade is currently restricted, the volumes of this protein will be redirected, the domestic market should absorb part of this, and operations should soon be reestablished as all protocols to contain the pathology have been put in place. practice. Rio Grande do Sul exports around 60 thousand tons monthly and, of this volume, the impact could be between 15% and 20%, in the worst case scenario, preliminary calculations by ABPA showed, reflecting the determinations already applied by MAPA. However, as explained by the president of the association, Ricardo Santin, ...