“Bird flu is a major danger.
This calls into question the economic model of production.
Jean-Luc Guérin, director of the IHAP laboratory, does not mince his words when faced with the dangerousness of the virus which for a year has been spreading in Europe and the United States.
“The situation is very serious, loose this professor of the veterinary school of Toulouse specialist in the question.
Because it affects many breeders and breeders.
These animals are the ones who will provide the chicks and ducklings for the coming months, so there is an impact now and over several months.
Concern is now spreading to all breeders in the sector because, far from being confined to one geographical region, the Influenza virus which sickens chickens, ducks, geese and other aves is gaining ground everywhere.
“What is new is that you can find homes just about anywhere.
Which means that no producer is immune.
Whereas before the homes were more concentrated in space, rather in the South-West and in time”.
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Pending marketing authorization for a future vaccine, breeders are forced to confine their poultry to limit any spread of the disease.
