2024-03-13 18:36:58
The first in Europe to have vaccinated its ducks once morest avian influenza, can France, at the end of winter, cry cocorico? The industry has, in any case, good reasons to believe that the dark years are behind it. Since last fall, only ten outbreaks have been observed on farms in France, compared to… more than 300 last year at the same period.
If the contamination remains a trauma for the affected farms, particularly in Vendée where 110,000 poultry were still slaughtered this winter, breeders can finally feel lighter. The compulsory vaccination campaign for farmed ducks (more than 21 million animals vaccinated), launched in October and still ongoing, is proving effective.
“France was usually the sad European champion, but this year, around us, the big producing countries were much more affected”, observes Jocelyn Margerie, president of the avian commission of the National Society of Veterinary Technical Groups. With the end of bird migrations, the lowering of the risk level from high to moderate is…
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