Measures taken by Central American countries against chicken plague (6.30)

The ministers of agriculture of five Central American countries and Panama, Belize and Mexico held an emergency meeting here on the 27th, and decided to take measures to control the epidemic of chicken plague which began to spread in this area at the beginning of this month One of the organizers of the conference and the representative of the animal quarantine agency of the Americas in Nicaragua, Velasquez, introduced to the press that the participating ministers believed that Central American countries should strengthen the spirit of regional cooperation to jointly prevent the further development of the epidemic The meeting decided to implement a plan to monitor and eliminate chicken plague in Guatemala, the main country where chicken plague occurs; other countries will stop importing live poultry, meat, eggs and other products from Guatemala until the epidemic situation in Guatemala is under full control; and 2 million US dollars will be invested in the prevention and control of chicken plague in Central American countries Poultry trade with Guatemala has been banned in other Central American countries since the outbreak of chicken plague in Guatemala, the animal quarantine agency of the Americas confirmed Tuesday Honduras has reportedly slaughtered 500000 chickens, causing $2 million in damage, to prevent the spread of the disease Guatemala is a country with more developed poultry industry in Central America According to statistics, Guatemala's annual export of chickens and eggs to other Central American countries amounts to US $7 million China feed industry information network X8R (author:)