France begins vaccination against dermatosis for one million cattle in the southwest

The French Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, announced this Sunday that she will be present tomorrow Monday at the start of the vaccination of nearly one million heads of cattle against contagious nodular dermatosis in southwestern France, where groups of farmers continue today with blockades on some highways and roads. "This is a challenge that we will take on with the farmers: vaccinating a million animals as soon as possible, as it is the way to combat the disease. And this vaccination is crucial," Genevard said on Europe 1 radio. The Minister of Agriculture emphasized that the vaccination is "a path of hope to avoid the slaughter of cattle." "Tomorrow, as I did in Savoy, Haute-Savoie, and the Jura (in eastern France, where other outbreaks of the disease were recorded), I will be there to witness the start of the vaccination campaign in this region" of the southwest, she pointed out. In that region, the Rural Coordination and the "ultras of l’A64" are maintaining ...