On November 30, notification was received regarding the occurrence of bird mortality in a duck farm located in Fundo Flores, Santa Cruz de Flores district, Cañete province, Lima department. On 01/12 inspection revealed the presence of 112 dead and 245 sick birds, showing coughing, dyspnea, cyanosis of the chin, whitish diarrhea and incoordination of movement; blood samples and tracheal swabs were collected from the sick birds. The dead birds were buried and the premises were disinfected and interdicted. The owner stated that from 11/27 to 11/30 there was a mortality of approximately 2,000 birds, which showed symptoms of inappetence, weakness and incoordination, dying two days after the onset of the symptoms, which were buried on the same premises. On 05/12/22, a total of 4,596 live birds were slaughtered, and the mortality was buried in the same farm, with feed, litter and guano. Daily cleaning and disinfection of the facilities was carried out and continues to date. We visited and inspected 35 poultry farms with a total population of 9,182 birds, which were found to be free of AI symptoms. The type identified is Avian Influenza Type A subtype H5. The origin of the disease is attributed to the contact of domestic birds with wild birds.

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4765?reportId=158388&fromPage=event-dashboard-url

2022/11/27

END DATE

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DETAILED CHARACTERISATION

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FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

Lima

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

Cañete

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

Santa Cruz de Flores

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT

Farm

LOCATION

Fundo Flores

Latitude, Longitude

-12.630958 , -76.638247

OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER

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MEASURING UNIT

Animal

Species

 

Susceptible

Cases

Deaths

Killed and Disposed of

Slaughtered/ Killed for commercial use

Vaccinated

Birds (DOMESTIC)

NEW

7000

2404

2404

4596

0

0

TOTAL

7000

2404

2404

4596

0

0

map update

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