Published Date: 1996-04-11 23:50:00
Subject: PROMED-AHEAD: Avian influenza - Yucatan (Mexico)
Archive Number: 19960411.0691

AVIAN INFLUENZA - YUCATAN (MEXICO)
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[- There has been a flurry of rumors recently about possible
avian influenza outbreaks in the Yucatan. Further clarification
is awaited but there appears to be some viral activity. MH-J
ProMED-AHEAD Moderator.]
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 12:51:38 -0600
Via: aiflu-l@hal.aphis.usda.gov
From: John Kellar <JKELLAR@em.agr.ca>
Subject: Rumors from Yucatan -Reply
[John Kellar replied to the following query ...]
Rumors of AI in the Yucatan:
I have heard lots of rumors that AI has made its way to the state of
Yucatan in southern Mexico. Can anyone out there confirm this? If so has
it hit the two big companies in Merida (Univasa and Sanjor) or is it just
in the smaller operations?
If AI has reached Yucatan, has there been any reaction from Central
America? Any speculation on the potential danger to the Central American
poultry industry?
Thanks for your help.
Chris Wright
Watt Publishing
[John commented as follows ...]
I attended the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas meeting in Cuba,
March 26-29. By definition, the meeting dealt with such international
issues. Mexico in attendance. No reference made to AI except in terms of
its eradication in Mexico in June, 1995. At the same meeting, Guatemala
described itself as free of the disease.
John
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[However]
[2]
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 15:05:51 -0600
From: Benjamin Lucio-Martinez <bl23@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Rumors from Yucatan
The April 4, 1996 release from USDA APHIS VS emergency programs mentions the
presence of AI antibodies in 3,000,000 layers (75% of the commercial layers)
in Yucatan, and 105,000 in Campeche (50% of the population).
No mention is made of virus isolation.
Benjamin Lucio-Martinez, DVM, MS, PhD
Unit of Avian Medicine - Avian Disease Program
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY 14853
phone 607-253-3365
fax 607-253-3369
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