A violent outbreak of fowl flu (avian influenza, attributed to the H5N1 variant) is inflicting very vital losses in numerous species of fauna in Peru.
A violent outbreak of fowl flu (avian influenza, attributed to the H5N1 variant) is inflicting very vital losses in numerous species of fauna in Peru. Not like different comparable instances in America and Europe, on this event specialists have expressed concern about the truth that many instances are being detected in mammal species such because the Peruvian sea lion (Otaria flavescens).
The Nationwide Service of Pure Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), an company hooked up to the Ministry of the Atmosphere of Peru, revealed (February 6) a primary stability of the state of affairs indicating that not less than 585 sea lions and about 55 thousand birds which have died in protected pure areas, victims of fowl flu.
Sernanp has strengthened the deployment of its organic monitoring, surveillance and management protocol within the case of take care of affected birds and wildlife within the space of protected pure areas situated primarily on the Peruvian coast.
Given the well being alert that our nation maintains, as a result of affirmation of H5N1 Avian Influenza by the Nationwide Agrarian Well being Service (Senasa), Sernanp reported that the adoption of latest well being surveillance and management measures has intensified the presence of its specialist personnel. and park rangers who've registered the demise of practically 55,000 birds in eight protected pure areas of the coast.
The findings of those species have been made within the Lobos de Tierra Islands (Piura and Lambayeque), Lobos de Fuera Islands (Lambayeque), Guañape Islands, Corcovado Islet, Macabí Islands (La Libertad), Santa Island (Ancash), Asia Island, Grupo de Pescadores Islets (Lima), Ballestas Islands, Chinchas Islands, Punta San Juan, Punta Lomitas (Ica), Punta Atico (Arequipa) and Punta Coles (Moquegua) of the Guaneras Islands, Islets and Factors System Nationwide Reserve.
Likewise, within the Illescas Nationwide Reserve (Piura); the Los Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge (Lima); the Ancón Reserved Zone (Lima); the Los Manglares de Tumbes Nationwide Sanctuary (Tumbes); the Lagunas de Mejía Nationwide Sanctuary (Arequipa); the Paracas Nationwide Reserve (Ica) and the San Fernando Nationwide Reserve (Ica).
Probably the most affected fowl species are primarily boobies, pelicans and guanays, adopted by tendrils, Dominican gulls, Peruvian gulls and grey gulls. Additionally in Franklin's gulls, red-headed vultures, cormorants, Humboldt penguins and others.
In latest weeks, avian influenza in birds has been recognized as spreading to populations of sea lions in seven marine-coastal pure protected areas, registering 585 useless sea lions. Confronted with this emergency, a primary response group made up of specialists from Sernanp and WCS have collected samples of the affected fauna, which had been analyzed by the veterinary pathology laboratory of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
The outcomes obtained had been optimistic for Avian Influenza H5N1 for the species of sea lions, Humboldt penguin, booby and oystercatcher. As well as, data has been shared between Minsa, Senasa, Serfor and Sernanp, with the intention to unify a nationwide database for prevention functions and adoption of measures for the safety of well being towards avian influenza.
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