Érica Sato and Paulo Montoia
Agencia Brasil

São Paulo – Brazilian chicken breeders and exporters already have strategies to prevent the bird flu in Brazil, according to the President of the Brazilian Association of Chicken Breeders and Exporters (ABEF), Ricardo Gonçalves.

"The association’s plan is to regionalize the aviculture with the objective of blocking the transit of live birds. The project entails a series of measures to toughen the rigorousness of sanitary issues."

According to Gonçalves, the current strike of federal agriculture inspectors may negatively affect this year’s total expected exports. During the 10 days of strike, the sector had a loss of US$140 million in sales.

Translation: Andréa Alves