Senasa said poultry production for domestic consumption will continue, "as HPAI is not transmitted through the consumption of chicken meat and eggs."
Added Bahillo: "Our poultry products continue to be safe for Argentines. The suspension of exports responds to the requirements of international regulations."
Containment measures are being taken to avoid virus spread, the minister added.
In recent weeks, authorities had detected 24 cases of H5N1 in wild birds.
According to official figures, Argentina in 2020 was the world's eighth largest chicken exporter, mainly to China, South Africa and Chile.
Since late 2021, one of the worst global avian influenza outbreaks on record has seen tens of millions of poultry culled, mass wild bird die-offs and a rising number of infections among mammals in several countries.
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