Extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) resurfaced in Mexico, with a brand new outbreak being reported via the Global Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH).
In line with WOAH, the presence of HPAI was once showed in Cajame, Sonora, in a business laying rooster flock. Animal well being government had been notified that medical indicators had been being witness, together with surprising dying of birds and lesions in step with HPAI. Exams proved sure for the H5N1 variant of HPAI on October 30.
Of the 90,000 prone birds within the flock, 15,000 of them had died. The remainder birds are being euthanized and disposed of.
The premises has been quarantined and disinfection procedures are deliberate. Zoning has been implemented and surveillance each inside and outdoor of the limited zone is being performed.
The most recent an infection comes in a while after the HPAI scenario in Mexican poultry have been deemed resolved on October 4. After greater than 6.7 million head of poultry had been suffering from HPAI between October 26, 2022, and July 11, 2023, all birds from affected flocks have been depopulated and all affected premises have been disinfected a couple of month previous to October 4.
Alternatively, HPAI was once nonetheless found in wild birds in Mexico, with WOAH reporting a case of HPAI in a not unusual teal on October 26.
To be informed extra about HPAI instances in business poultry flocks in the US, Canada and Mexico, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
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