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The Chilean company Agrosuper reported the presence of a strain of bird in one of its plants flu turkeys, but said in a statement that no infected humans.
According Agrosuper, the H7 flu strain was detected “early form” in one of its plants in Quilpue, 116 kilometers northwest of Santiago.
Tito Pizarro, head of public policy at the Ministry of Health, said that avian influenza “affects turkeys and no risk for human consumption”, but added that employees who work directly with contaminated birds do have possibilities of contagion.
However, he clarified that so far there are no patients in the plant. Speaking to state television, Pizarro said that the kind of influence is rarely detected contagious among humans while handling sick birds.
Still, 350,000 birds were slaughtered to prevent the H7 avian influenza continues to expand among animals. Agrosuper is a group of food companies engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of fresh, frozen pork, chicken, turkey, salmon and processed meat products.
Its sales line the thousand 100 million dollars a year and dominates 55% of the national market selling chickens.
The first human bird flu occurred in Hong Kong in 1997 with the H5N1 strain and was known as avian influence, since it was detected in chickens. Then there were cases in Asia , Africa , Europe , Indonesia , Vietnam and the Middle East.
Symptoms of the disease in humans include coughing, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, fever higher than 38 degrees Celcius, headache, malaise, muscle aches and sore throat.
Treatments vary according to symptoms. The disease can be fatal.
A statement from the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG), quoted by Agrosuper, states: “avian influenza is currently present in many Asian, European and African countries, and its dissemination is often associated with migratory birds. That SAG maintains a solid surveillance plan in order to detect as soon as possible the possible entry of the disease. “
Courtesy of prensa.com
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