Latin American countries stop importing their poultry products after the outbreak of avian influenza in Chile
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Last Update: 2002-07-09
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Lead: according to Chilean media reported Friday, the outbreak of chicken flu in some parts of Chile, all Latin American countries have stopped importing Chilean poultry products Chile's chicken producers association was quoted as saying that 500000 chickens have been slaughtered to prevent the spread of chicken flu, causing huge economic losses Chilean chicken flu was found at the end of May According to a report released on May 29 by the Chilean agriculture and animal husbandry service bureau, in San Antonio Province, the death rate of chickens was found to be much higher than the normal rate, and it was suspected that there might be avian influenza In order to find out, Chile's relevant quarantine department sent the samples to the United States for testing, and the results confirmed that they were avian influenza At present, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Mexico and other Latin American countries have stopped importing poultry products such as chicken and eggs from Chile.
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