Preventive Early Warning Declared in Aysén Due to Avian Influenza Ah5n1 in Chile Chico

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The National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) declared this day early preventive warning for the Aysén Region by animal health event, after the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) reported a case of avian influenza AH5N1 in a wild bird in the commune of Chile Chico. Previously, from the SAG it had been confirmed that a copy of caiquen (Chloephaga picta) became the first case in the region to present this highly pathog…

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After the ratification of the SAG, emergency protocols and comprehensive surveillance were activated in the area. Authorities call for extreme biosafety in poultry in the face of the risk of massive contagion and high mortality of the H5N1 virus.