Keys to Avian Influenza: Why Chickens Are Confined, I Can Continue to Consume Eggs and What Is the Risk of Contagion for People
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The Government has decided to extend the confinement of breeding birds, extending it to all farms in Spain. This tightening of the measures is carried out in order to prevent possible outbreaks of avian influenza in the rest of the country. The order has entered into force yesterday, 13 November, and is a new preventive and reinforcing measure taken by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the increased risk that avian influ…
All poultry in Spain have to live indoors since this Thursday. The government announced yesterday the confinement of all specimens until further notice , the maximum measure it can take, to try to stop the impact of avian influenza . «The tendency (of risk) is to worsen», acknowledged Emilio García Muro, Director General of Health of Agrofood Production and Animal Welfare. One measure, he acknowledged, has not been easy to take. Why is it now co…
Avian influenza has become one of the biggest headaches for the poultry sector in Spain. The Ministry of Agriculture has decided this Thursday, through a ministerial order published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), to extend confinement to poultry that are raised in the open air throughout Spain. The measure seeks, according to the department led by Luis Planas, to strengthen measures to prevent the spread of the virus. But, what are the rea…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has decreed the compulsory confinement of all poultry farms in the open air in Spain. This measure seeks to curb the risk of the spread of avian influenza, after an increase in the presence of migratory wild birds, potential carriers of the virus was detected. The order was published on 13 November in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and has immediate application throughout the national territory. …
On November 13, the measures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) to prevent the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) came into effect. This is an expansion of the measures already approved on November 10, which introduced the same restrictions for 1,201 municipalities, and which, as of November 13, apply to all of Spain. The main objective is to prevent contact between wild birds potentially carrying the vir…
The decision to limit that animals such as chickens cannot be out-of-the-art experts in doubt citizenship about what it is and can be affected by humans The article Can I eat eggs safely? Seven quick questions about avian influenza in Galicia were first published in GCencia.
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