09.05.2012Further analysis to uncover mysteryThey practice two pelicans necropsied
Are expected for Friday already have official results of the analysis, which will be supplemented by those made yesterday.
Although the Ministry of Production is the entity that is scheduled to issue an official version of the causes that led to the deaths of more than four thousand pelicans on the coast,including the region of Piura, yesterday the Department of Environmental Health (Digesa) Piura, performed the autopsy to duplicate. TheFaculty of Biology of the UNP also made and other tests.
The autopsy was performed at the morgue in Piura and its implementation was present environmental prosecutor, Silvia Rumiche and the director of the Digesa, Eddy Leyva Villalonga.
The doctor said that the autopsy performed and analyzed the samples taken, what is sought is to contribute to determine the cause of death, especially to the alarm that originated in the population."They are saying many things, but although it is not an official version, because the analysis and results should be disseminated by the Ministry of Production, we also give a contribution," he said.
The samples taken at two dead pelicans will be sent to the Faculty of Animal Science, National University of Piura. Also in this academic area will analyze the blood that is drawn to a booby.
Also, the Faculty of Biology conducted an autopsy and is already analyzing samples taken from brain, lung, trachea and larynx of the pelicans."We hope to have ready on Friday, so that the institutions in charge of health surveillance can provide a more specialized opinion on the situation that has arisen," said Robert Barrett of the UNP.
Avian Flu Ruled Out After the massive death of pelicans on the northern coast of the country, the doctor of the National Agricultural Health (SENASA), Alberto Costa, insisted that the deaths of these seabirds is not due to avian influenza virus. "However, we continued health surveillance to rule out other highly infectious diseases," he said.Meanwhile, national Digesa insisted that prevention must be the population, specifically for not going to spas where pelicans found dead and not eat raw fish."In the case of Piura, the prohibition of not bathing on the beaches is for our entire coast, because along our coast we have found dead birds in quantity," Leyva said Villalonga.
He said that municipalities must decide what actions to take to collect, bury or remove the birds.and draw blood from a booby
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