Vaccinated French ducks test positive for bird flu

Published 2024년 11월 1일

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Bird flu outbreaks have led to the culling of over 10,000 ducks in two French farms, with one planning to purchase new ducks for foie gras production during the Christmas season. These companies, along with other affected farms in the region and across Europe in countries like Albania, Germany, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, and Austria, have been temporarily prohibited from being restocked. France's government has stated that vaccination can only decrease the spread of the virus and not eliminate the risk. In Slovakia, the largest poultry farm, housing 385,000 laying hens, has been cleared due to an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, resulting in the death of over 52,000 chickens.

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The two affected duck flocks number 7,500 and 30,200 animals, all of which have been culled. This is reported by Wattagnet.com. The two companies are located in Morbihan in Brittany, in the west of France. They are not allowed to be restocked for the time being. One of the companies wanted to buy new ducks to produce foie gras for the Christmas period. A few days earlier, a poultry farm with 27,500 birds in the same region was hit by a highly pathogenic variant of the bird flu virus. It has not been announced which type of poultry was involved. In early January, bird flu was also found at a duck farm in the French department of Vendeé, just below Nantes. An experiment was underway in this region in which the ducks on some of the farms were vaccinated with a third dose. It is unclear whether this farm was in that group. French officials already indicated that vaccination does not eliminate the risk in poultry, but can only reduce the spread and circulation of the virus. Slovakia ...

Source: Nieuwe Oogst