Chile: SAG is on alert due to detection in the United States of dairy cows positive for avian influenza

Published 2024년 4월 1일

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The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG), led by José Guajardo Reyes, is on high alert after cows in Kansas and Texas were reported by the USDA to have tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Despite these findings, the risk to humans remains low as there have been no changes in the virus's transmissibility to humans. The SAG continues its vigilant surveillance for avian influenza, ensuring the country's poultry remains disease-free. The USDA has confirmed that the commercial milk supply and consumer health are not at risk, and the SAG stresses the importance of reporting any animal illness symptoms to effectively control diseases.

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The Agricultural and Livestock Service, SAG, is on alert due to the information issued by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, which detected cows from dairy farms positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). ), H5N1. According to the data provided by the North American health authority, no changes have been found in the virus that would make it more transmissible to humans, which indicates that the current risk for the population remains low. The National Director of the SAG, José Guajardo Reyes, explained that “our Service maintains active surveillance for avian influenza throughout the national territory, in addition to the fact that our country continues to be an Avian Influenza Free country since to date there have been no cases in poultry. "No cases like those described by the United States have been detected either, so people can rest assured." As reported by the United States USDA, the cows that ...

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