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Honduras Closes Borders to Costa Rican
Chickens
As Guatemala and El Salvador,
Honduras has now closed its
borders to importation of
chickens from Costa Rica, where
avian flu has been reported, the
Honduran government announced
Thursday.
“The administration will make
efforts to avoid possible spread
of the disease in Honduras, now
free of any avian flu illness,”
said Honduran Agriculture Vice
Minister Nehemias Martinez in a
press round Thursday.
Port Las Manos, bordering
Nicaragua, has retained several
containers of frozen chicken
coming from Costa Rica for more
than a week, waiting for the
results of health control
measures.
Martinez pointed out the
official decision to not take
risks for the entry of avian flu
into Honduras, so borders will
stay closed until Honduras is
certain there are no problems in
Costa Rica.
The disease reportedly killed
between 34 and 280 Isa Brown
hens in Guacimo, southern Costa
Rica, in June, and another 336
were sacrificed as a prevention
measure.
Producers appraised their losses
at 400,000 dollars because of
the crisis.
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