Brazil Agriculture Minister: Signs Show Efficient Control of Bird Flu Outbreak
Brazil's Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said on Wednesday there were strong indications that the world's biggest chicken exporter had efficiently contained a bird flu outbreak which was reported on a commercial chicken farm in mid-May.
Brazil's first-ever case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza was reported on a commercial farm in Rio Grande do Sul state, prompting dozens of trade partners to place countrywide and regional level trade bans on Brazilian poultry exports.
Countries including China, South Korea and the European Union were...
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