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The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, through the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa), approved the technical and methodological guidelines for vaccination against avian influenza type A subtype H5 in domestic birds.

The regulations became official on March 2, 2023, through the publication of Chief Resolution No. 0033-2023-MIDAGRI-SENASA in the official newspaper El Peruano.

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This way, It was confirmed that the vaccines will be applied to long-lived birds, which includes birds from poultry farms and fighting birds.; having as a projection, to vaccinate 30 to 40 million birds in the first stage.

In line with these actions, it was determined that Peru will use inactivated and recombinant vaccines.

It is important to point out that, they have already been evaluated 13 applications for vaccine registration and all have had observations.

To date, only the laboratory SOMETHING ANIMAL HEALTH has raised its observations, managing to obtain the official record today.

On the other hand, the price increase in the sale of chicken, in the current situation, is due to the shortage of soybeans, a food that has presented difficulties to enter the country through Puno, due to social conflicts. According to official records, so far this year around 21 thousand tons of soybeans have entered; compared to the same period last year, in which 126 thousand tons were registered.

It should be noted that the acquisition of vaccines will not represent an expense for the State; since these will be paid for by the private sector, which has shown interest in this method of control.

With the vaccination process – says Senasa – it seeks to ensure that the controls established in the standard are met.

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In addition, with the budget allocation of Punche Peru, of S/ 17 million, surveillance, diagnostic capacity and control actions will be strengthened, which will allow cases to be identified and controlled immediately; as well as, improve the operability in the attention of requests for vaccination.

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On the other hand, the increase in prices in the sale of chicken, in the current situation, is due to the shortage of soybeans, a food that has presented difficulties to enter the country through Puno, due to social conflicts, he said.

According to official records, so far this year around 21 thousand tons of soybeans have entered; compared to the same period last year, in which 126 thousand tons were registered.

For the timely supply, facilities have been provided to the affected companies so that they can import fertile eggs and thus ensure the production of the coming months.

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The Import of 17 million fertile eggs will be paid for by the requesting company and used in the production of their own farms.

To date, only one farm has been managing this measure.

The fertile eggs will arrive in a period of 12 to 13 weeks from Brazil, one of the countries that has not been affected by this disease.

This measure is already being carried out, considering that the first batches of approximately 1.2 million eggs have already arrived.