Chook deaths reported in Galapagos
20 September 2023
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Ecuador’s Galapagos Nationwide Park (PNG) on Tuesday stated that 3 birds had died of avian influenza, prompting officers to turn on biosecurity measures to cut back the danger of the virus spreading around the archipelago, reported Reuters.
“Preliminarily, of the 5 specimens tested, 3 of them have examined certain for H5N1 avian influenza,” PNG stated in a commentary, including that samples had been despatched to Guayaquil for affirmation.
The Galapagos has roughly 78 species of endemic and local birds, in keeping with the PNG, lots of which migrate to continental Ecuador. Closing 12 months the rustic declared an emergency because of outbreaks of avian influenza on farms within the Andes.