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The Dordogne is not immune to bird flu
By Le Figaro with AFP
Posted 9 hours ago
The department had until then remained sheltered from the severe epizootic of bird flu affecting France.
Three cases of avian flu have been detected in the Dordogne, a department which had until then remained sheltered from the severe epizootic of avian flu affecting France, the prefecture said on Sunday in a press release.
“ The highly pathogenic avian influenza epizootic (…) has now been identified in the Dordogne. Three strong suspicions were confirmed in the Dordogne on April 1 and 2 by positive analyzes for the IA-H5 and IA-H7 viruses ”, specifies the prefecture.
Two farms in the town of Val-de-Louyre-et-Caudeau are concerned, " one of 19,000 ducks having presented clinical signs, the other of 22,000 ducks aged 21 days ". The third case was detected in Saint-Géniès, north of Sarlat, in a farm of 670 geese and 350 goslings. In these three sites, " preventive slaughter sites have been set up ", indicates the prefecture. A fourth farm, also located in the town of Val-de-Louyre-et-Caudeau, was subject to preventive depopulation after a “ very high mortality ” of its meat poultry was observed there.
The Vendée particularly affected
The 2021-2022 avian flu epizootic is the most severe to have affected France, with more than 1,100 outbreaks in breeding and more than ten million poultry slaughtered, a record.
The west of France, and especially the Vendée department (500 outbreaks as of March 31), is particularly affected. More than the Southwest, a region regularly affected since 2015 by this virus and in particular its many duck farms intended for the production of foie gras.
This virus exclusively affects birds. It circulates in wild fauna and manifests itself during migrations.
A total of 34 European countries have been affected this year. Northern Italy was particularly affected, with 18 million farmed poultry cul
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Dordogne: three outbreaks of avian flu discovered
By Herve Chassain
Posted on 04/03/2022 at 9:40 a.m.
Updated on 04/03/2022 at 10:14 a.m.
A goose farm in Saint-Geniès, in Sarladais, was detected positive for avian influenza. Two others are on Sunday April 3 around Cendrieux
The analysis results were known on the evening of Friday April 1: a first outbreak of avian influenza was discovered in a goose farm in Saint-Geniès, a place called Combe Ténergue, with a capacity of a thousand birds. 'animals. On Saturday, all the animals present, whether ready to slaughter or just arrived from the hatchery, were removed and slaughtered by the veterinary services. The mode of spread from the known outbreaks in the Lot is not known.
A new reinforced protection perimeter has been determined by the directorate for the protection of populations and the prefecture. It adds to the previous ones already in place for a few days around Salignac-Eyvigues: it concerns the municipalities within a radius of ten kilometers: Archignac, Carlux, La Cassagne, La Chapelle-Aubareil, Coly-Saint-Amand, Ladornac, Marcillac -Saint-Quentin, Montignac, Paulin, Prats-de-Carlux, Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet, Saint-Genies, Sainte-Nathalène, Saint-Vincent Le Paluel, Sarlat, Simeyrols, Tamiès and Valojoulx.
Two new outbreaks were discovered and confirmed on Sunday April 3 in the town of Val de Louyre and Caudeau, Cendrieux sector, where there are many duck and game farms. Complete culling of farms has already been carried out and new protection zones must be announced by the prefecture during the day. Vigilance is in any case also required throughout the department, for all owners of poultry, even among individuals.
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Avian flu in the Dordogne: "It twists the guts" confides a breeder after the slaughter of his geese
Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:34 PM - By Lise Roos Weil , France Bleu Périgord , France Bleu
Saint Genies
The Fouillade family's goose farm, located in Saint-Geniès, in the Périgord Noir, was contaminated by avian flu. They had to slaughter their 1,000 animals in a single day, this Saturday, April 2. Trauma for the whole family.
The farm is much quieter. The hundreds of geese are no longer agitated in the breeding of the Fouillade family, in Saint-Genies, in the Périgord noir. It is silence that dominates. All the livestock was slaughtered this Saturday, April 2, because of several cases of avian flu . 1,000 animals were killed. "It's more than painful, it twists the guts," says Lionel Fouillade, farm manager. In 42 years of existence, the farm had never experienced such trauma. Down jackets and hats on their heads, Lionel and his father, Alain, have their eyes darkened, sitting at their kitchen table. “The night was sleepless”, confides the father, founder of the farm, who knows this for the first time in his life, at 69 years old."To see animals, which have been pampered, die before our eyes, it's awful, the images will stay for a very long time" , he blurts out in a breath.
1,000 geese slaughtered
Breeders noted in the middle of the week a higher mortality than usual on one-month-old goslings, never taken out of the building. They carried out tests on Friday, which confirmed contamination with avian flu. The family had to cull all the geese, even the healthy ones. "We had to do it ourselves, with the help of a single veterinarian" , protests Lionel Fouillade, still marked. The farm can have up to 3,000 geese in the buildings at one time, but they only had 1,000 at the time. Breeders still do not know the exact cause of the contamination. It could be an airborne transmission, because of the strong gusts of wind of the last few days.
It will jeopardize our entire operation.
“The buildings are empty, we have disinfected and locked everything, now we are waiting for the rest, we are in uncertainty” , confides Alain Fouillade. For the time being, it is difficult to quantify the extent of the economic losses. The farm usually produces preserves and sells fresh geese. It produces around 5,000 a year. "We are going to lose all our customers, how can we get them back? It will jeopardize our entire operation, worries the father of the family. And then how do we leave? When can we start working again?" The breeders now hope to receive financial compensation .
They are also worried about the consequences for the entire sector and their fellow breeders. Neighboring farms will have to carry out preventive slaughter of their healthy animals. "We are going to force our neighbors to slaughter their animals, it wrings our guts, but it is beyond our control" , assures Alain, his head bowed. Since early in the morning, his phone hasn't stopped ringing: breeders and neighbors are providing their support. Failing the sound of beasts.
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