Avian flu: experimentation with the vaccination of waterfowl will begin
While France is going through a particularly deadly fourth episode of avian flu, experimentation with a vaccine for waterfowl will start on Tuesday, May 10. The envelope is around 2.3 million euros, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Ouest France
with AFP.
Published on05/09/2022 at 8:00 p.m.
Experimentation with a vaccine for palmipeds will start on Tuesday May 10, 2022 at a time when France is going through a fourth particularly deadly episode of avian flu, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Monday May 9, reporting on an envelope of approximately 2.3 million euros.
"An experiment to analyze the interest of setting up a vaccine on these species will start on May 10 for two batches of palmipeds, other batches will be set up in the following weeks with vaccine trials in several phases" , explained the Ministry.
Selection of two candidate vaccines
Two vaccine candidates were selected, that of the Ceva Santé Animale laboratory and that of Boehringer Ingelheim. The experiment will be funded by the State, the National Agency for Food Safety (Anses), the Toulouse Veterinary School and the interprofessional organization (Comité interprofessionnel des palmipèdes à foie gras-Cifog).
Other experiments are planned in Europe: "in France on ducks, in Bulgaria on geese and in the Netherlands on chickens" , explained to AFP at the end of April the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA ).
The challenge is to deploy this additional tool on “the whole territory” underlines the ministry, but to vaccinate is also to see opportunities close.
In case of vaccination, export must be "possible"
Many countries (Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Great Britain, United States, etc.) refuse to supply themselves with poultry in countries that practice vaccination against avian flu, fearing that a vaccinated animal will import the virus onto their country. territory.
But "if we have to move towards vaccination, export must be possible" , indicated the ministry without developing further on negotiations with countries outside Europe.
“The vaccination strategy will be recorded for European countries, for third countries, which represent important commercial issues, it will be necessary that, collectively, we defend the interest of this vaccination and the absence of risk for them” , explained the Ministry of Agriculture.
16 million poultry slaughtered
From November to May, more than 1,300 outbreaks of avian flu broke out in French farms, causing the slaughter of 16 million poultry in the country, including 11 million in the great west, against 3.5 million in total l last year.
Usually, France is crossed only by a wave of bird flu, when migratory birds descend towards the countries of the South in the fall. But in an unprecedented way, outbreaks are to be deplored this year during a period of upward migration, giving rise to a greater number of outbreaks than in previous years.
While France is going through a particularly deadly fourth episode of avian flu, experimentation with a vaccine for waterfowl will start on Tuesday, May 10. The envelope is around 2.3 million euros, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Ouest France
with AFP.
Published on05/09/2022 at 8:00 p.m.
Experimentation with a vaccine for palmipeds will start on Tuesday May 10, 2022 at a time when France is going through a fourth particularly deadly episode of avian flu, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Monday May 9, reporting on an envelope of approximately 2.3 million euros.
"An experiment to analyze the interest of setting up a vaccine on these species will start on May 10 for two batches of palmipeds, other batches will be set up in the following weeks with vaccine trials in several phases" , explained the Ministry.
Selection of two candidate vaccines
Two vaccine candidates were selected, that of the Ceva Santé Animale laboratory and that of Boehringer Ingelheim. The experiment will be funded by the State, the National Agency for Food Safety (Anses), the Toulouse Veterinary School and the interprofessional organization (Comité interprofessionnel des palmipèdes à foie gras-Cifog).
Other experiments are planned in Europe: "in France on ducks, in Bulgaria on geese and in the Netherlands on chickens" , explained to AFP at the end of April the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA ).
The challenge is to deploy this additional tool on “the whole territory” underlines the ministry, but to vaccinate is also to see opportunities close.
In case of vaccination, export must be "possible"
Many countries (Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Great Britain, United States, etc.) refuse to supply themselves with poultry in countries that practice vaccination against avian flu, fearing that a vaccinated animal will import the virus onto their country. territory.
But "if we have to move towards vaccination, export must be possible" , indicated the ministry without developing further on negotiations with countries outside Europe.
“The vaccination strategy will be recorded for European countries, for third countries, which represent important commercial issues, it will be necessary that, collectively, we defend the interest of this vaccination and the absence of risk for them” , explained the Ministry of Agriculture.
16 million poultry slaughtered
From November to May, more than 1,300 outbreaks of avian flu broke out in French farms, causing the slaughter of 16 million poultry in the country, including 11 million in the great west, against 3.5 million in total l last year.
Usually, France is crossed only by a wave of bird flu, when migratory birds descend towards the countries of the South in the fall. But in an unprecedented way, outbreaks are to be deplored this year during a period of upward migration, giving rise to a greater number of outbreaks than in previous years.
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