Call to take preventive actions in other regions and thus help prevent further spread of the problem
MEXICO CITY. - The FAO called on the authorities in Mexico to act to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, subtype H7N3, detected in three commercial poultry farms in Jalisco.
So far they have killed about 200 000 birds and 600 000 others have had to be sacrificed, said in a statement the regional office of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in Santiago de Chile.
"In this context FAO calls on the authorities in Mexico to make all possible efforts in this emergency to contain the outbreaks confirmed and take preventive actions in other regions and thus help prevent further spread of problem, "the statement said.
According to the international body, Mexico and the device has enabled national animal health emergency and has informed the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that is conducting an epidemiological investigation.
The objective is to determine the magnitude of the problem and the likely source of infection, to establish measures contraepidémicas enabling rapid elimination of the disease. The three poultry farms, the statement said, are in the municipalities of Tepatitlán and Acatic in the state of Jalisco, known as the largest producer of eggs in Mexico.
According to FAO, in Mexico there had been so far the presence of this subtype of influenza, H7N3.
The last outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza occurred in 1994, affected eleven states and was the subtype H5N2. Since then the disease remains controlled, the agency said.
The birds showed clinical Sinology acute and death, between 32 and 94 weeks of age.
The H7N3 subtype of influenza is very aggressive in poultry, FAO adviertió.
In 1963 affected turkeys in the United Kingdom, in the early 90's came to Australia where he killed hundreds of chickens and in 2002 an outbreak in poultry farms in San Antonio, Chile, affecting more than 500 000 birds at a cost of $ 31 million.
Also featured twice in Canada: in 2004 in British Columbia, where forced to sacrifice 17 million birds, and in 2007 in Saskatchewan, where a staff of affected players.
