Brazil declares animal health emergency for 180 days due to avian flu

The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) declared an animal health emergency after confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) cases.

At first, the measure will be valid for 180 days. So far, eight animal cases have been confirmed, none in humans.

The measure was published in the extra edition of the Official Gazette of the Union this Monday (22).

“The declaration of a state of animal health emergency makes it possible to mobilize federal funds and articulate with other ministries, governmental organizations – in the three instances: federal, state, and municipal – and non-governmental organizations.”

“All this process is to ensure the manpower, logistics, financial resources, and technological materials needed to implement emergency actions to prevent the spread of the disease,” explains Minister Fávaro.

On Monday afternoon (22), the Federal Laboratory for Agricultural Defense of São Paulo (LFDA-SP), a reference unit of the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA), confirmed three new positive cases of avian influenza (H5N1) in the state of Espírito Santo, which were under investigation since last week.

The wild birds of Cabot’s Tern were found in the cities of Linhares, Itapemirim, and Vitória.

So far, there are eight confirmed cases of wild birds, seven in the state of Espírito Santo, in the municipalities of Marataízes, Cariacica, Vitória, Nova Venécia, Linhares, and Itapemirim, and one in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in São João da Barra.

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