Ambato
Chicken merchants in markets such as El Modelo, in the center of Ambato, lament that, as a result of the reports of the presence of avian flu, first in Cotopaxi, then in Bolívar and Tungurahua, sales dropped to at least least 50%.
“People are afraid of eating chickens, despite the fact that it is explained that there is no possibility of catching it. But they don’t want to eat this meat,” said Rebeca Albán.
The trader said that even the value of the live bird dropped, from $0.99 to $0.85, but that sales did not increase even then, because before they bought an average of fifteen a day, but now she sells only five.
Poultry farms in the Cevallos canton, in Tungurahua, are under observation for cases of bird flu
Rocío Pilco assured that during the last two weeks the decrease in the sale of chickens has been very evident, before which she requested that a massive dissemination campaign be carried out, making it known that there is no danger of contagion in people by the virus. bird consumption.
For her part, Marisol Molina, executive director of the Union of Egg Producers (Uniproh), said that they are very concerned, because they know that it is a very aggressive disease, explaining that so far in Tungurahua we know of the two poultry plants of the Cevallos canton where avian influenza was detected.
He asserted that the risk of contagion is imminent, as he explained that it is enough that a wild bird, which is asymptomatic, in its migratory passage from North America to South America is with the virus for it to infect an entire production.
Fifteen days after the only case of bird flu in a girl, there is no evidence of transmission, according to authorities
For this reason, poultry farmers try by all means to implement and reinforce biosecurity measures.
He assured that the issue of biosecurity has been worked on for many years, which is care upon entry to poultry farms, disinfection of personnel and transportation, but that these measures are being reinforced even with changes in procedures.
He also said that from the first moment they work with personnel from Agrocalidad and the Ministry of Agriculture to adopt actions that should be considered, but he called for the national government to support the affected poultry companies so that they can overcome the losses. for the sacrifice of the birds, which practically ran out of the company.
A few days ago, in two poultry farms in the Cevallos canton, the presence of avian flu cases was detected. The governor of Tungurahua, Fernando Gavilanes, regretted the infections and reported that Agrocalidad took the procedure in those places and slaughtered the birds to prevent spread.
Gavilanes indicated that, although the exact number of animals sacrificed is not available, once the contagion was identified, samples were extracted and the presence of the virus was confirmed.
Source: Eluniverso
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