The ICA performed disease sampling and analysis tests in birds of market places in Bogotá Bogotá, September 18, 2019. As a measure of control and surveillance of Newcastle disease and avian influenza, officials of the ICA in Cundinamarca sampled and analyzed backyard birds and authorized places selling birds, in order to determine the absence or presence of these diseases. see more
Producers in Antioquia are being trained to prevent banana diseases Medellín, September 13, 2019. The ICA participated in the 1st meeting on updating technical concepts in banana crops in southwest Antioquia, to discuss issues related to the prevention of Fusarium Wilt TR4 disease. see more
Colombia hosted the International Convention of Plant Protection 2019 Medellín, September 4, 2019. The Colombian Agricultural and Livestock Institute, ICA, participated as a Colombian health authority in the Regional Training Workshop for Latin America in the International Convention of Plant Protection, which took place from September 03 to September 06 in Medellín. see more
The ICA took action on notification of suspected diseases at a poultry farm in Guainía Inírida, August 31, 2019. To maintain the health status in Guainía, the Colombian Agricultural and Livestock Institute, ICA, took prompt actions on a notification for neurological symptoms in backyard-birds, from a farm located in the municipality of Inírida. see more