The coordinator of Animal Health of Senasa, Leonardo Ripoll, met in the last hours with neighbors who live near the location chosen by the City of Allen for the sanitary burial of birds detected with avian influenza. Although space is within the common allensethe discomfort of the residents of Colonia 17 de Octubre was known, spending the Alta Barda de Roca neighborhood. A video was broadcast in which a woman repudiated the presence of agency vehicles and trucks loaded with affected animals.
In the meeting with the Senasa official «the characteristics of Avian Influenza were detailed and, particularly, the sanitary actions that are developed in the area to avoid its dispersion in the shelter of other nearby farms and within the protocols established for these situations,” it was explained.
«These procedures are carried out under strict biosecurity measures. with the collaboration of personnel from the affected establishment, municipal and provincial governments, National Highway Administration, the Argentine Army and Public Health professionals,” they assured from the National Health Service.
They clarified that «Sanitary burial is carried out at a depth of more than 1.5 m (one meter and a half), with the assistance of machinery that acts quickly to prevent scavenging birds or other animals from feeding. «The group of neighbors expressed their understanding of the situation generated from this extraordinary event due to the effects of avian influenza,” they concluded.
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