Overview
- SENASA and the Luis Pasteur Zoonosis Institute confirmed an H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza case in coscoroba swans at the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve in CABA.
- National and city health and environment teams will conduct targeted sweeps and monitoring in parks with water bodies to collect samples and define sanitary actions.
- Officials advise avoiding direct contact with wild birds, note that properly handled poultry meat and eggs do not transmit the virus, and say pigeons and sparrows have very low susceptibility.
- The finding aligns with recent detections in General Madariaga and poultry outbreaks in Ranchos and Lobos, where contingency steps include farm interdiction, sanitary control zones, movement limits, and stronger biosecurity.
- Argentina suspended some avian product exports after losing HPAI-free status for affected flocks, with fresh poultry barred in roughly 40 markets including China and about US$250 million in shipments at risk.