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While 10 million animals still had to be euthanized in 2023 because of H5N1, a vaccination campaign launched in October among ducks is showing results. But the vaccine only limits the circulation of the virus, without completely preventing new contaminations.
Millions of poultry slaughtered, breeders who give up seeing their buildings empty, and a decimated sector. In spring 2022, the picture for poultry farming in France is bleak. A historic epizootic of avian flu hit the west of France, where the majority of breeding and genetic farms are located, thus affecting almost the entire sector. Two years later, although hope is reborn with the launch of the vaccination of ducks once morest this disease, it is still struggling to get back on its feet.
“For six months, I no longer had guinea fowl [les juvéniles qui sont ensuite élevés sur l’exploitation, ndlr] because the hatcheries were affected. Then for four months, the farm being located in a non-production zone, I no longer had any meat poultry to sell on the market. A year later, not all my customers have returned,” describes Sylvie Colas, poultry breeder in the Gers and referent for the Peasant Confederation on the subject. The one who pleads for a revolution in breeding systems and defends an autarkic and country model
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