The Brazilian state of Parana, the country’s biggest poultry producer, said on Tuesday it has declared an animal health emergency due to the detection of avian flu cases in wild birds.
The move comes after the country’s agriculture ministry directed the states to take such a measure, Parana’s government said in a statement.
It added the measure will last 180 days.
So far, Parana has detected seven cases of the disease in migratory wild birds, authorities said. Confirmation of infection by the avian influenza virus in wild birds does not change the sanitary status of the state or Brazil’s, authorities said.