Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality reported that the number of birds affected increased from 1.7 to 2.5 million, will prepare influenza virus vaccine.
July 4, 2012 by David Patiño Torres National Section
Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA), an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, reported that the number of birds affected by avian flu outbreak in Mexico increased from 1.7 to 2.5 million, of which almost one million died or were culled.
SENASICA infromó The device also applies to health farms and backyards of Jalisco for the study and processing of 14.4 million birds in order to tackle the outbreak of avian influenza virus type A, subtype H7N3, which does not affect humans , according to authorities.
"We reviewed 129 poultry farms and has been confirmed, until the evening of Tuesday, July 3, the presence of exotic virus in 24 farms, ten more were negative and the rest is followed by laboratory diagnosis," said SENASICA .
Fragoso Hugo Sanchez, head of the agency, said that it has issued the import permit of a suitable vaccine to control the outbreak and Mexican scientists conduct tests to develop other national production.
For vaccines produced in Mexico will have the support of private laboratories, and according to Fragoso Sanchez, all vaccine against avian influenza virus will be ready by August, when it is expected the production of at least 80 million doses.
In this regard, said the vaccine will meet all safety standards recommended by the World Organization for Animal Health, will be tested for efficacy and protective capacity, and its no harm to birds, as it will be applied in regions near the affected area to prevent the virus from leaving the area.
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