The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expressed concern and warned that because the birds are in migratory season, there is a risk of the disease spreading to Central and South America.
Nearly 22,000 seabirds, the vast majority of them pelicans, have died from H5N1 bird flu in Peru, authorities announced Monday.
A previous report published by the National Forestry and Fauna Service (Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre, SERFOR) spoke of 16,000 seabirds dead.
The National Agricultural Health Service (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, SENASA) declared a 180-day alert last week when three cases of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu were confirmed in pelicans.
The first outbreak of bird flu in the Americas was detected in Canada last year. In January, the virus was detected in the US, where it affected poultry farming.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expressed concern and warned that because the birds are in migratory season, there is a risk of the disease spreading to Central and South America.
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