Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil started a 28-day hen flu statement interval on Thursday which it hopes will present the nation’s rooster farms are freed from the illness after native authorities mentioned a farm the place its first outbreak was detected had been absolutely disinfected.

The outbreak on this planet’s largest rooster exporter, detected within the city of Montenegro within the state of Rio Grande do Sul, triggered commerce bans from a number of international locations.

Why it issues: Brazil, the world’s largest rooster exporter, and is presently banned from exporting poultry to a number of international locations as a consequence of bird flu cases.

The report from state authorities late on Wednesday that the farm was cleared implies that if no different circumstances of hen flu are detected on Brazilian industrial rooster farms over the subsequent 28 days, the nation could also be thought-about freed from the illness.

The rely begins on Thursday, authorities mentioned.

“We have to be certain that the 28 days of statement happen with out new outbreaks,” Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro mentioned after a gathering with Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite this week. “We’re reinforcing actions to make sure that all the pieces is completely secure,” he mentioned.

Eleven lively investigations into potential hen flu circumstances in Brazil are ongoing, together with two on industrial rooster farms in Santa Catarina and Tocantins states.

On Wednesday, Tocantins state authorities dominated out an outbreak of hen flu within the farm the place the investigation was being carried out, citing preliminary take a look at outcomes. Nevertheless, the federal authorities is conducting extra assessments, based on the agriculture ministry’s web site.

Wagner Yanaguizawa, an analyst at Rabobank, mentioned the subsequent few days can be decisive in figuring out whether or not the outbreak has been contained.

“After 28 days, if there are not any new circumstances from then on, Brazil can declare itself freed from the illness,” he mentioned, including that it’ll then be as much as the importers to elevate present commerce bans.

“However then commerce flows will most definitely return to regular,” Yanaguizawa mentioned.

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