Brazil: São Paulo intensifies actions to prevent Avian Influenza on farms
Brazil
Published Mar 10, 2023
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Joint actions between Union and State bodies have already begun to be adopted in São Paulo to strengthen the prevention of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Brazil has no record of cases of the disease, also called avian flu. Recently, outbreaks in wild and domestic birds have been confirmed in nearby countries, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and Ecuador. In Peru and Argentina, the disease has been reported in commercial poultry farms. The actions were defined in a meeting in February between the State Superintendence of Agriculture and Livestock (SFA-SP) and the Coordination of Agricultural Defense (CDA), of the State Government's Secretary of Agriculture and Supply. Since then, the teams have been in contact with the productive sector to pass on the necessary information. “The meeting sought to promote an institutional alignment between the SFA and the CDA regarding the strategies used in the prevention of avian influenza. Fast communication and ...
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