The Ministry of Agriculture informed, in an update on the official platform, that two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (IAAP, H5N1 virus) in wild birds were detected in Brazil.
One of the outbreaks is in a caraúna bird in Rio Pardo, in Rio Grande do Sul, and the other was detected in a northern tern bird in Macaé, in Rio de Janeiro.
In total, there are 151 cases of the disease in wild animals in the country (147 in wild birds and four in sea lions) and three outbreaks in subsistence production, domestic farming, totaling 154 in total.
According to the ministry, there is another investigation underway, with sample collection and no conclusive laboratory results.
Notifications on wild and/or subsistence birds do not compromise Brazil's status as a IAAP-free country and do not impose restrictions on international trade in Brazilian poultry products, as provided for by the World Organization for Animal Health (WHO).
Source: CNN Brasil
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