France detects possible bird flu outbreak on northern farm - No avian influenza infection

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HEALTH NEWS | Wed Mar 1, 2017 | 10:27am EST

France detects possible bird flu outbreak on northern farm

French authorities reported a possible outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm in the far north of the country on Wednesday, which could mark a spreading of the disease beyond the southwest foie gras producing region where millions of birds have been culled.

Traces of a severe bird flu virus were found on chickens at a farm near the port town of Dunkirk, which is close to the Belgian border, local authorities said in a statement, adding that further tests were being conducted to confirm the outbreak.

The type of bird flu was not indicated.

The farm saw some 10,000 chickens out of a flock of 27,000 die last month but initial testing did not detect bird flu.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-france-idUSKBN1684U7


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Abnormally high mortality in a chicken farm in the North - Monitoring of the situation

Article created on 01/03/2017

Abnormally high mortality has been observed for about ten days in broiler breeding in an establishment in the Dunkirk.

As soon as the situation was reported, analyzes for the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus were immediately implemented and all the necessary measures were taken to prevent possible spread of the virus from livestock production.

The results of the initial analyzes led last Thursday to lift the suspicion of avian influenza while pursuing further investigations to identify the cause of this mass mortality and maintaining the preventive measures.

These supplementary analyzes, carried out by the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations (DDPP) in the North with the support of experts, showed the presence of traces of highly pathogenic avian influenza. , On Wednesday, 1 March, to take further samples in order to continue the tests and to confirm or reverse the presence of the virus and, if necessary, to determine the cause of this mortality.

As a precautionary measure, and in addition to the measures taken in animal husbandry to avoid a possible spread of the virus, a prefectural temporary control zone (ZCT) decree was adopted to limit movements of animals and products within a radius of 5 km around the breeding.

The mayors of the municipalities concerned, Ghyvelde, Hondschoote, Uxem, Warhem and Bray-Dunes, were kept informed of developments.

In this context, the Northern Prefecture recalls the importance for all bird owners to comply scrupulously with mandatory biosecurity measures throughout the national territory since the ministerial decree of 8 February 2016 and which have been strengthened Since the high-risk passage of the entire national territory in December 2016.
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http://www.nord.gouv.fr/Actualites/...de-poulets-dans-le-Nord-Suivi-de-la-situation

 

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No avian influenza infection in the North: removal of the temporary control zone[/h] Article created on 03/03/2017

Michel Lalande, prefect of the Hauts-de-France region, prefect of the North, has just been informed of the results of additional analyzes carried out on a flock of gallinaceous birds due to a suspicion of infection with the avian influenza virus Highly pathogenic.
All 60 tests carried out by Anses Ploufragan's national reference laboratory proved negative. The results of these new analyzes confirm the results of the first samples taken in this breeding a dozen days ago, and now make it possible to affirm unambiguously the absence of infection of poultry by the avian influenza virus.

The research of other livestock diseases has, moreover, made it possible to identify a pathology common in the gallinaceae which can explain the mortalities observed. This infectious episode is now under control and no particular excess mortality is observed in this breeding.

Doubt has now been lifted, the Prefect of the North, on Friday, March 3, To the lifting of restrictions on the movement of poultry taken at the beginning of this week.

The Belgian authorities are also informed of the results of the additional investigations carried out.

As the risk to avian influenza remains high in France and Europe, as many cases continue to be reported in avifauna and in domestic livestock in many countries, health authorities are reminded of the importance of respecting Biosecurity measures by farmers and all stakeholders in poultry farming.

It is the responsibility of any poultry owner to contact his veterinarian when his animals show abnormal clinical signs (apathy, nervous signs, decreased consumption of water and food), More information: > Order No. 2017/48 for the lifting of a temporary control zone following a suspicion of avian influenza in livestock production - format: PDF - 0,06 Mb

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http://www.nord.gouv.fr/Actualites/...-Nord-levee-de-la-zone-de-controle-temporaire

 

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The mystery remains after the death of 10,000 chickens

Laurent Blondeel, the operator who has lost 10,000 chickens out of the 30,000 that his exploitation of Mo?res counted three weeks ago, still does not know the origin of this hecatomb.

By Alexis Constant | Published on 11/03/2017

Three weeks after the epidemic that decimated its chickens, the breeder still does not know the exact pathology that struck.

For the breeder of the Dunkerque, the essential remains his certificate of export which was delivered to him on Friday. He was finally able to sell what remained of live chickens, declared safe for consumption, to a Belgian slaughterhouse. "I lost a third of my figure in this case," he laments.

He was first told that his breeding could be hit by the avian flu, before spreading the track, and then put it back on the carpet, definitely discarding it, a week ago. "All I know is that they died of an unregulated disease," says the breeder. This means: a pathogen that does not require any special precautions and is not harmful to health. But when asked for the exact name of the pathology responsible for these massive deaths, the northern prefecture and the DDPP (Population Protection Directorate) returned the bullet. No one seems to know it.

The most probable hypothesis is that once all the regulated diseases are discarded by the analyzes, they have not been pushed further to identify precisely the pathogen.


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