Brazil Sets Up Sanitary Barriers to Contain Bird Flu Outbreak in Rio Grande Do Sul

Brazil Sets Up Sanitary Barriers to Contain Bird Flu Outbreak in Rio Grande do Sul

Authorities in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have begun implementing sanitary barriers in response to a confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the municipality of Montenegro, the state government [...]

The confirmation of a case of avian influenza occurred in a farm in the Rio Grande do Sul changed the routine of the village of Vendinha, in the rural area of Montenegro. Read more (05/19/2025)

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of the country, launched since this Sunday the installation of seven sanitary barriers on key roads to contain an outbreak of avian influenza detected in a commercial farm in the municipality of Montenegro. This outbreak has led to the immediate suspension of chicken exports, a major blow for Brazil, the world’s leading exporter of avian meat. Governor Eduardo Leite decreed the measure, whic…

The authorities of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil, began this Sunday the installation of seven sanitary barriers on roads with the aim of containing the outbreak of avian influenza detected in a commercial farm in the municipality of Montenegro, which led to the suspension of chicken exports. The measure to establish sanitary barriers was decreed by the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite, with the incl…

The measure seeks to completely isolate the focus of the disease and prevent the spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has led several countries, including major buyers such as China and the European Union (EU), to suspend imports of chicken from Brazil. The barriers, operated by the Department of Animal Health Surveillance and Defense of the Secretariat of Agriculture of Rio Grande do Sul, operate 24 hours a day and are supported by a…

The Ministry of Agriculture and Pecuária (Mapa) reported on this Sunday (18) that a new case of avian influenza was investigated in Rio Grande do Sul. According to the pasta, the acupuncture occurs in a survival property located within a radius of 3 kilometres away from the initial focus of contamination in the municipality of Montenegro. Also according to the Ministry, the property receives “all the attention and treatment of the Agropecary Def…