The health service of Argentina has detected more cases of sea lions infected by bird flu in various places on the country’s coast on Atlantic waters, official sources reported this Saturday.
The first dead animals were found at the beginning of August in the vicinity of the city of Río Grande, in the southern province of Tierra del Fuego, and later cases were detected in another ten colonies of sea lions in various parts of the provinces of Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz.
These sites have been added in the last hours Puerto Madryn (Chubut) and Sierra Grande (Río Negro), where it was confirmed by laboratory samples that sea lions found dead on the coasts had been infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 .
“The findings were made within the framework of surveillance actions and sanitary measures that are carried out throughout the national territory for the prevention of the disease, established by the declaration of emergency by HPAI,” the National Service said in a statement. of Health and Food Quality (Senasa) of Argentina.
The animals killed by bird flu They are buried to avoid any type of contamination or contagion to other animals or people.
As a result of the confirmed cases, the Directorate of National Parks decided this Saturday to suspend entry to the Islote Lobos National Park, neighboring the town of Playas Doradas, in Sierra Grande (Río Negro).
As reported by the municipality of Sierra Grande, this measure will be in force until the reduction of the risk defined by the Argentine health service is verified.
The Argentine authorities have indicated that “the bird flu is a potentially disease zoonotic and that its transmission occurs by indirect contact through vehicle, footwear, clothing or by direct contact”.
”Infected animals eliminate the virus with their excretions and secretions, the fecal matter being highly infectious; and contact with humans can be produced by aerogenous route or by contact through the mucous membranes”, they warned.
(With information from EFE)
Source: Gestion
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