FAO activates protocols to combat bird flu in Latin America

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will implement coordination and rapid response protocols to serious outbreaks of avian influenza in Latin America, after confirming cases in Peru, in addition to Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela. The international organization specified that it maintains contact with the official veterinary services and the ministries of Agriculture, Livestock and the Environment of the affected countries, with the aim of providing them with technical and logistical support to face this emergency. “We want to call the population to calm down. Since March of this year we have been actively alerting about this situation, especially last September due to the beginning of bird migrations from North America to South America," FAO sent. Avian influenza is a viral disease that affects domestic birds, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and quail; likewise, to wild birds, causing high morbidity and mortality, and which has no ...