Poultry Disease ‘Has Been Contained’ - Agriculture Minister

Poultry disease ‘has been contained’ - agriculture minister

A recent outbreak of a highly contagious disease that affects poultry is under control, according to Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo. On Tuesday, the agriculture ministry confirmed that two poultry farms had reported cases of Newcastle disease, which can cause severe respiratory, nervous and digestive symptoms in birds. Speaking in parliament on Wednesday afternoon, the minister...

Bird flu outbreak in Río Grande do Sul contained, says Brazilian minister

Brazil's Agriculture Minister, Carlos Fávaro, announced Tuesday during a public hearing at the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform that the bird flu outbreak in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, has been successfully contained. The country's health system quickly implemented measures, including inspections of 540 nearby rural establishments and setting up sanitary barriers.

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The ministers of Mauro Vieira, of External Relations, and Carlos Fávaro, of Agriculture and Pecuaria will be heard on this Thursday (28) in committees of the House of Representatives. The Chancellor Mauro Vieira was summoned by the Committee on External Relations and National Defence of the Chamber for a hearing in the morning at 9 p.m.

To the Committee on Agriculture and Agricultural Reform of the Senate, Carlos Fávaro said that in less than 20 days Brazil should announce that the country is free from the disease.

According to Carlos Fávaro, 120 countries continue to open to Brazil In a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture this Wednesday, the Minister for Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, said that the outbreak of avian influenza found in a commercial farm in the municipality of Montenegro (RS) has been on its way for about two weeks.