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France places 45 departments on alert for bird flu

Bird Flu: France Places 46 Departments at “High” Risk

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EPIDEMIC: This bird flu  virus, transmitted to poultry farms by migratory birds, is not dangerous for humans The threat of an epidemic of bird flu, harmless to humans, hangs over French agriculture. A decree places this Thursday 46 departments at “high” risk, according to a decree published this Thursday in the Official Journal. Protective measures must be taken on farms. The […]

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Preventive slaughter is made to contain the bird flu epidemic plaguing the Southwest of France

Bird Flu: All Ducks will be Slaughtered in Landes

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HEALTH:  The 600,000 breeding ducks still alive in the Landes will be slaughtered to try to eradicate the Bird flu … 600,000 ducks being farmed in the Landes will be slaughtered to try to eradicate the bird flu outbreak, said on Tuesday by the Minister of Agriculture Stéphane Le Foll to France Bleu. Les 600.000 […]

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