Fowl typhoid has been detected in a poultry flock in Honduras for the first time in three years.
A report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) stated that the presence of the disease was confirmed in a poultry farm with two separate flocks in Comayagua in July.
A higher bird mortality was noticed in one of the two flocks, so a necropsy was performed and samples were sent to the a laboratory. Those tests indicated isolation of Salmonella Gallinarum.
In the affected flock, 50 birds had died, and a total of 1,305 birds were culled and disposed of. Cleaning and disinfection procedures in that barn have already been carried out, while the other flock on the farm is under surveillance. All tests from birds in that second barn have so far been negative, the WOAH report stated.
Surveillance procedures have been conducted at nearby farms, no cases of fowl typhoid have been detected at those farms.
WOAH did not specify what species of poultry was affected in this outbreak.
The source of the infection is unknown.
According to WOAH, the last occurrence of fowl typhoid in Honduras occurred on July 21, 2021. The country also had a confirmed case in December 2019, in which a flock of more than 23,000 laying hens was affected.
