Poultry farmers are continuing the slaughter of chickens infected with N7N3 avian flu in the Jalisco municipalities of Tepatitlan and Acatic.
As of Wednesday, July 11, some 2.5 million chickens had been sacrificed, according to Mexico’s animal health agency (SENASICA).
Bird flu has now been detected in 3.5 million birds at 31 Jalisco farms, the agency says.
The number of infected birds has risen by one million in less than a week.
SENASICA’s containment zone encompasses 134 farms, housing 16.5 million birds.
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