First Avian flu case on farms in Morbihan, France at moderate risk

With Agra Poultry ATM services (animals found dead) announced the confirmation, on November 27, of the first case of avian influenza on farms for the 2023-2024 season, in a turkey farm located in Grand-Champ (Morbihan), near Vannes. The protection zones (3 km) and surveillance zones (10 km) are “in place”, and the slaughter of poultry is planned for Tuesday November 28, specifies ATM. Furthermore, before this case, the Chamber of Agriculture of Tarn-et-Garonne indicated on November 24 on its website that “the DGAL (Ministry of Agriculture, Editor's note) informs us of its decision to pass France into moderate risk level. This increase in the level of risk depends on a ministerial decree, which was “to appear this Sunday” (November 26, Editor’s note), according to the chamber. Finally, the text appeared in the Official Journal this Tuesday, November 28. According to the consular chamber, this decision would come following “the confirmation of a case in wildlife at Lake Madine (in ...