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Brazil rules out bird flu case on a commercial farm in Rio Grande do Sul state
SAO PAULO, June 2 (Reuters) - Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to a document containing laboratory results released by the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry on Monday. It was the only case currently under investigation on a commercial farm in the country. Brazil's first case of bird flu on a commercial farm had also been detected in Rio Grande do Sul state.
Reuters
23-05-2025
- Health
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Brazil state says it rules out bird flu in commercial flock
SAO PAULO, May 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's Santa Catarina state said it has ruled out an outbreak of bird flu in a commercial chicken farm while the federal government was keeping it on a list of suspected cases pending further tests. In a statement late on Thursday, the state cited laboratory test results for its conclusion but noted additional tests are required. Tocantins state this week ruled out highly pathogenic avian influenza and Newcastle disease, citing preliminary test results, at a commercial farm there. Brazil is currently monitoring 12 potential outbreaks, most of them among wild birds and backyard flocks. Santa Catarina said the farm "remains under investigation to obtain a final diagnosis regarding the cause of death" of an unspecified number birds. The investigation will be completed in a week, Santa Catarina said. Brazil's first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm was confirmed one week ago and has triggered trade bans against the country, the world's top chicken exporter. After completing disinfection of a farm in Rio Grande do Sul state, where that outbreak took place, the government said the country will be declared free of the disease in 28 days provided no more cases are confirmed. Despite the release of test results by local authorities, the federal government has not removed the Santa Catarina or Tocantins chicken farms from a list of suspect bird flu cases under investigation, pending additional testing.
Reuters
21-05-2025
- Health
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Brazil's Tocantins rules out highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial flock
SAO PAULO, May 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's state of Tocantins has ruled out the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as bird flu, in a local commercial farm citing preliminary test results, according to a statement sent to Reuters on Wednesday. Adapec, as the state's farm agency is known, said authorities started the investigation on a local commercial chicken farm after seven animals, out of about 40,000 individuals, presented "torticollis", the statement said.
Reuters
20-05-2025
- Health
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Suspected bird flu case in Brazil farm worker came back negative, authorities say
SAO PAULO, May 20 (Reuters) - A suspected case of bird flu in a farm worker in the Brazilian city of Montenegro came back negative, the health ministry of Rio Grande do Sul, the country's southernmost state, said in a statement on Tuesday. The worker worked at the poultry grange where authorities last week identified Brazil's first bird flu case in a commercial farm, according to the statement. There have been no reports of human infections in Brazil since that outbreak.
South China Morning Post
20-05-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Brazil urges China to limit chicken import ban to city with bird flu outbreak
Brazil 's government has asked China to restrict its embargo on chicken imports to products just from the city of Montenegro, where the South American country last week registered an outbreak of bird flu on a commercial farm, newspaper Folha de reported on Tuesday. On Friday, Brazil reported its first ever outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu, on a commercial breeding farm in Montenegro, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, prompting a scramble to trace the virus in the country, as well as a slew of international trade bans. China, a major consumer of Brazilian poultry, immediately suspended imports following the news. The Asian country bought more than 10 per cent of Brazil's 5.3 million metric tons of chicken exports in 2024, according to national pork and poultry group ABPA. Health and safety agents setting up disinfection barriers to contain the first confirmed case of bird flu in commercial poultry, in the municipality of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 17. Photo: AP Chinese customs authorities said imports of poultry products imported from Brazil, shipped on or after May 17, have been suspended.
