Alert in Yvelines.
A second case of avian flu was detected in France, in a pet store, three days after the announcement of a first outbreak in Haute-Corse, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food said Thursday.
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza: an outbreak detected in the #Yvelines ⤵️ https://t.co/Ec8oePj9y2
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food (@Agri_Gouv) November 19, 2020
"A new outbreak has just been confirmed by the National Health Security Agency (Anses) in an animal store in Yvelines," said the ministry in a press release, stressing that analyzes revealed "the presence of the H5N8 virus, identical to that detected in Haute-Corse ”.
As in Corsica, all the birds in the animal store had to be euthanized preventively, the government said in its press release.
The executive also wishes to recall that "avian influenza" is not transmissible to humans through the consumption of meat of avian origin, eggs, fatty liver and more generally any food product.
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For the sake of precaution, the Minister of Agriculture Julien Denormandie calls on breeders to respect as strictly as possible the precautionary measures decided upon.
The level of “high risk” implies, for professional breeders as well as individuals who own a henhouse, to lock up poultry which usually evolve in the open air or to lay nets to prevent any contact with wild birds.
Before France, the disease has already appeared in other countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Ireland or the United Kingdom.
Cases have also been detected in Belgium and Denmark.