In Ecuador, no new cases of bird flu have been recorded for three months, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), which assured that the disease is under control and highlighted this at the 90th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA). , at a meeting held in Paris.

Minister Eduardo Izaguirre pointed out that 6.3 million birds were vaccinated with an investment of more than 2.7 million dollars to combat the outbreak of the disease.

Avian flu: $2.5 million has been invested so far to address the emergency

From November 2022 to February 2023, avian influenza affected 1,193,491 birds on farms in five provinces of the Sierra region, most of which were dedicated to egg production.

According to the Agency for Phyto-Zoosanitary Regulation and Control (Agrocalidad), 15 bird flu outbreaks have been detected to date, with a total of 20 farms: 9 in Cotopaxi, 7 in Tungurahua, 2 in Bolívar and Pichincha and Azuay with a farm in each province.

Meanwhile, in Paris, Minister Izaguirre emphasized that “Ecuador has potential and we must unite our efforts to excel in animal health issues and pest control measures and plant and zoosanitary diseases.”

At this meeting, held between May 21 and 25, Ecuador was unanimously elected as the regional seat of the World Organization for Animal Health in 2024, putting the country at the forefront of international animal health issues for the first time. It will contain its namesakes for discussion and agreement on issues important to animal health.

The delegation appointed by MAG consisted of the executive director of Agrocalidado, Patricio Almeida and the coordinator of the Animal Health Agency, Christian Zambrano, who attended this international meeting where administrative and technical resolutions were adopted.

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In addition, the MAG delegation, at a meeting with the deputy director and the American representative of this international organization, proposed that the Agency’s laboratories be regional references for the identification of bluetongue disease in cattle. A bilateral meeting was also held with representatives of China on the continuity of the process of opening livestock goods to that destination.