France launches second vaccination campaign against bird flu

The poultry sector will benefit from the successful experiences and lessons learned from the 2023/2024 vaccination campaign, the ministry said. The organisation between vaccine suppliers, veterinarians, professional agricultural organisations and breeders was a success, even though this mandatory vaccination campaign was the first to be implemented on this scale against bird flu. In France, more than 50 million ducks were vaccinated against bird flu in the first campaign. On Tuesday 20 August, an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu was detected on a poultry farm in Morbihan in the municipality of Camoël. This is the second outbreak for the 2024/25 season, after bird flu was also detected on a farm in ...