Ecuador: There will be enough turkeys and chickens for Christmas and New Year's Eve

A few days before Christmas and New Year's Eve are celebrated, the poultry production union and the authorities announced at a press conference that there will be enough turkeys and chickens to prepare the typical meals for these holidays. Although the director of the Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency (Agrocalidad), Patricio Almeida, indicated that more than 300,000 birds will be affected by bird flu. Almeida specified that the outbreak was detected in a single farm and there are 1,800 in the country, which produce 495,000 tons of chicken meat, 21,000 tons of turkey meat and 3,800 million table eggs, according to figures from the National Poultry Farmers Corporation. of Ecuador (Conave). "The country's production capacity is guaranteed," said Diana Espín, Executive Director of Conave. He added that the Productive Chain of the Sector represents 4,200 million dollars and more than 300,000 sources of employment. 15 days have passed since the avian flu ...