Sixteen million poultry have been slaughtered in France since November to stem the avian flu epizootic, a record number of slaughters following an unprecedented outbreak in the Pays de la Loire region, we learned Monday from the ministry. of Agriculture.
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The epidemic peak was passed at the end of March and the epizootic is decelerating
", however noted the ministry.
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A slaughter, while the profession was barely emerging from a 2020-2021 year itself catastrophic and that the preventive measures to avoid a new episode had been strongly reinforced.
Alas, on November 27, a first outbreak was announced in a laying hen farm in Warhem, in the North.
On December 17, the ministry announced an additional one in a duck farm in the Gers.
The epidemic then quickly spread to other farms in Gers, Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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Today, the only salvation seems to be through a vaccine.
There is "
no other solution in the long term
" estimated the Minister of Agriculture and Food Julien Denormandie, on January 7th.
