Mexico - The outbreak of bird flu was detected in the state of Guanajuato, central Mexico, is limited to 12 farms with more than one million birds, said the National Service of Health, Food Safety and Quality (Senasica) .
The agency said in a statement that there are 12 production units with the virus, of which ten of these farms are producing chickens for broiler production and two eggs for human consumption.
The Senasica, an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that all the affected farms, with a total population of one million birds, are owned by Bachoco.
Last Friday, health officials originally confirmed the presence of avian influenza virus in seven farms in Guanajuato Bachoco company with 582,000 infected birds, so that was declared a health emergency.
CONASICA estimators confirmed the presence of avian influenza virus AH7N "high pathogenicity, as was the case in the states of Jalisco and Aguascalientes" in 2012.
In June last year there was an outbreak of the same virus that led to the authorities and producers to slaughter more than 22 million birds affected, sparking a shortage of egg and chicken meat and the consequent rise in prices.
Since the new outbreak was detected, Senasica staff established a sanitary cordon and control and preventive vaccination performed tasks on neighboring farms to prevent infection.
He indicated that activities have been "washing, cleaning and disinfection of facilities and equipment for each of the affected farms, same that were quarantined as set international health protocols".
The agency said that the virus is "exclusive of birds, so there is no risk to public health."
On Saturday, the Governor of Guanajuato reported that over 400,000 birds slaughtered to contain the virus. http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/02/18/1411186/autoridades-mexicanas-dicen-que.html
