Spain surpasses a month without cases of avian flu in farms despite the impact on wildlife

Spain has already surpassed the first month without reporting new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in farm birds (the last outbreak was declared on October 20 in Castilla y León) despite the significant circulation of the virus in wild birds, where several cases are reported weekly. The situation brings the country closer to regaining the status of being free of avian influenza in farms, which lifts trade restrictions on areas affected by outbreaks, as sector sources have pointed out to Efeagro. The protocols require that 28 days pass without new cases in farms after the cleaning and disinfection of the last positive farm, according to the same sources. In this last month without cases in farms, the poultry sector has been subjected ...