France: Bird flu vaccination campaign is going according to plan

In France, the first duck vaccination campaign is now halfway through and 21 million ducks have been fully vaccinated against bird flu. The campaign went according to plan and will continue unabated. Foie gras production is now rebounding. The campaign started on October 1 last year. The set vaccination targets have been achieved: more than 26 million ducks have received a first dose of bird flu vaccine, 21 million ducks have already been vaccinated two or even three times (with an interval of three to four weeks between the first and second administration of vaccine). The campaign aims to vaccinate 64 million ducks between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024. Six months after the start of this campaign, which is unprecedented in principle and scale, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty has drawn up a positive first assessment. The vaccination, combined with the correct application of biosecurity measures and a lower virus burden than in previous years, has ...