They detect more than 6,000 tuberculous head of cattle in Chiapas

TAPACHULA, Chis .- The Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Cattle of Chiapas State detected over six thousand cattle ] who were presumably found infected with tuberculosis in fifty ranches, so based on the national eradication campaign he was determined to quarantine them.

According to the same agency, the main herds of cattle found in quarantine belong to region "A" and are located in the municipalities of Mapastepec, Pijijiapan and Tonalá.

According to statistics of Development Committee and Livestock Protection in Chiapas five thousand 647 are in final quarantine and 405 in precaution

The representative of the Secretariat for Agriculture, at the Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food ( Sagarpa ), Fortu nato Urtuzuastegui Ibarra explained that the secretary of the field through the CFPP AC performs these precautionary quarantines in cattle.

The Federal official pointed out that the semivientes who tested positive in the Confirmation test must be traceable and the immediate incineration ordered

The actions are supported by the national campaign NOM-031 -ZOO-1995 against bovine tuberculosis Mycobacterium bovis, and is of national application.

Surveillance operations of NOM-024-ZOO-1995
Sagarpa in coordination with the municipal health of Tapachula and the Federal Police has implemented the monitoring operation of the NOM-024-ZOO-1995, to give the observance, to all the product entries s the meat of any species of &-0 0 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 animal origin, its products and by-products, which are not subject to sanitary regulations; in the ejido Viva Mexico, entry of this city

In the first, a Chevrolet truck with dry box and registration plates CX-21543 of the state of Chiapas was secured, in which they transported six coolers with red viscera, five coolers with green viscera, one container with 23 heads of beef and another container with legs and bellies, which were presumably in unhealthy conditions, with foul odors and in progress decomposition, which would be marketed in Tapachula's markets. 19659002] During last Thursday's operation, two units were insured, one owned by the Sabori sausage company, the latter transported 2.5 tons of products at a temperature of 8, violating the standard NOM-024-ZOO-1995 at 4 degrees.

The second unit belongs to the Tablajeros Association of the Chiapas Coast, which transported viscera and cattle without strict sanitary measures. Arias

Urtuzuastegui Ibarra, admitted: "that there are reports of clandestine murders in the Soconusco, cattle, pigs, birds, as well as meat products, which introduce Tapachula, without knowing its origin. Added to this the mishandling of transport "

According to health authorities, animals with brucellosis and tuberculosis diseases, are not suitable for human consumption, so that they have intensified the actions to protect consumers from these products.
In the coming hours, the federal authorities could order the incineration of just over 2.5 tonnes of meat products that last Thursday evening, were insured in the Viva Mexico ejido owned by this locality.

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