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Friday, June 29, 2012

Quarantined in Mexico at least 150 farms on suspicion of avian influenza


Ponen en cuarentena en México al menos a 150 granjas por presunta presencia de influenza aviar


150 egg production farms are under quarantine in Jalisco, in western Mexico, where they were detected the first cases of avian influenza AH7N3 called, which is not contagious to humans, health officials said.
"In order to diagnose, prevent, control and eradicate the virus" is "activated the National Emergency Animal Health, which encompasses home, review of farms in the region where the first cases of influenza AH7N3" , said in a statement the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality.

He explained that through a series of tests confirmed the presence of avian influenza type A, subtype H7N3, in poultry farms and municipalities Tepatitlán Acatic in Jalisco (West), which does not affect humans but only to birds.
The health measures provide for the control of the movement of affected birds, poultry meat and offal to avoid being moved to regions without the presence of the virus.http://www.ntn24.com/noticias/ponen-en-cuarentena-en-mexico-054241