MINNEAPOLIS — Mexican veterinary authorities are intensifying avian influenza control efforts in a region that houses several large commercial farms after further tests determined that the strain responsible for more than 200,000 bird deaths at three farms is the highly pathogenic H7N3 subtype, according to a report from the Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy. (CIDRAP)
The events represent the first highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in Mexican flocks since the country battled H5N2 in the mid 1990s.
In a follow-up report submitted today to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Mexican animal health officials said intravenous. . .