NEW MAJOR BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO
January 1st, 2013
ANOTHER bird flu outbreak has been reported in Mexico, this time in Jalisco state, west of Mexico City. This follows another set of cases in Aguascalientes, in central Mexico. In the latest case, the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, said that there were two poultry farms affected, with 18,000 deaths. It warned another 397,513 birds in the farms remain susceptible, and OIE numbers show there has been a fatality rate of 89.74%.Both farms, in Encarnación de Díaz municipality, are under surveillance and have been ...
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