US EditionAvian Influenza Advances in Spain with 31 Outbreaks in Wild Birds and 4 in Poultry
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Spain is not free of avian influenza. This September totals 31 outbreaks in wild fauna. For the first time, several affected birds have been detected in Doñana (alert level 2) and three parks in the city of Seville were temporarily closed for dead specimens. This concentration of cases follows those detected since the beginning of summer, with at least four outbreaks confirmed in poultry farms in Extremadura, the Andalusian community and Castill…
The situation contrasts with the tranquility of the previous months: after a problematic situation in 2022 and 2023, until June this year only three isolated cases of avian influenza had been confirmed throughout the country, which allowed to maintain the status of “disease-free”, key to the export of poultry products. Why now? The return of the virus is largely explained by ecological and migratory factors. “We are in the time of migration of r…
National experts point out that there has been a radical change in the situation
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