Honduras declared free of fowl typhoid

The disease never spread beyond one farm, and that farm has completed all necessary control measures.

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Honduras has been declared free of fowl typhoid, following an outbreak of the disease in a poultry flock there this summer.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) confirmed the presence of fowl typhoid in a farm in Comayagua in July. There were two flocks on the premises, but the disease was only confirmed in one of them.

According to WOAH, bird mortality was observed in one of the flocks in June, so a necropsy was performed and samples were collected, and on July 5, the results of the test confirmed the presence of fowl typhoid.

There were two flocks on the farm, but only one was affected. Fifty birds in the one flock had died, and 1,305 other birds were depopulated.

“The affected flock was eliminated, followed by cleaning, complete disinfection of the barn and depopulation,” the WOAH report read. “The other flock was kept under surveillance through clinical monitoring and sample collection for bacteriological isolation that resulted in three consecutive negative results with 15-day intervals between each test.”

WOAH also stated that a flock of nearby sentinel birds also showed negative results in collected samples.

With the affected farm completed all necessary measures and no new instances of fowl typhoid appearing in any other farms in the country, “it was concluded that the event was limited to a single farm and was successfully closed,” WOAH stated.

The report did not specify what type of poultry was involved.

This was the first instance of fowl typhoid in Honduras since 2019.

With this outbreak being considered resolved, Mexico is the only country to have an active situation report concerning fowl typhoid on the WOAH website. The report shows that a total of six flocks have been affected, with the most recent case being confirmed in July        

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