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Pr?cign?-9,000 ducks killed as a precaution after a bird flu report
9000 ducks were slaughtered in a farm of Pr?cign?. A check showed the presence of bird flu in the flock. The Departmental Directorate of Population Protection is reassuring. The virus is weakly pathogenic and safe for humans.
Precigne, France
The animals would be transferred to another farm. For the first time in the department of Sarthe, a check detected the presence of an avian influenza virus, also called avian influenza, low pathogenic in a flock of ducks, in Pr?cign?, near Sabl?-sur-Sarthe. The 9,000 animals were slaughtered on Tuesday.
Since the epidemics of 2016 and 2017, where highly pathogenic cases for birds had been reported in the South West of France, self-checks are conducted with each movement of poultry.
The herd killed as a precaution
In Precigne, the situation is much less serious. The highlighted virus is not very virulent. H5 type in its current form, it can not be transmitted to humans, according to the Departmental Directorate of Population Protection (DDPP). "There is no risk of transmission," says the director of the structure, Christophe Mourrieras. "We can breathe this virus, we will eliminate it very quickly, we will not even be vector, that is to say that the human being is not even able to multiply it, and to transmit it." carriers of the virus were even in good shape, and had no "clinical sign," says the Prefecture, in a statement on Monday evening.
So why have "destroyed" the 9,000 ducks? For Christophe Mourrieras, it is above all the precautionary principle. "If it spreads, the virus could mutate, and go to another farm, where the animals may be more sensitive, like the chicken.And eventually this time cause not only mortality, but also a multiplication of the virus , and an explosion like in the Southwest. "
Allow to study mutations
The director of the DDPP wants to reassure the population. "The virus is not even, in its current state, dangerous for the birds, at worst it's a" little gripette "duck, and not even, since the ducks were not sick, so we're still below that level. "
The systematic self-checks that report cases of avian influenza only date back to mid-December. In the West, there are already some twenty reports, especially in the Vend?e, or in the Deux S?vres. "The phrase," You do not make an omelette without breaking eggs, "would be too easy, but somewhere it's the price you pay to get to know these viruses better, to find out how they can mutate. at the end of 10, 20, 30 or 40 outbreaks, we had birds that were still in good shape, maybe we can just follow them, and not shoot them down. "
After the elimination of the herd, the whole farm will be disinfected, and the farmer will be compensated by the State services. 1000 ducks, already force-fed, and uninfected by bird flu, were able to take the road to the slaughterhouse.
Pr?cign?-9,000 ducks killed as a precaution after a bird flu report
9000 ducks were slaughtered in a farm of Pr?cign?. A check showed the presence of bird flu in the flock. The Departmental Directorate of Population Protection is reassuring. The virus is weakly pathogenic and safe for humans.
Precigne, France
The animals would be transferred to another farm. For the first time in the department of Sarthe, a check detected the presence of an avian influenza virus, also called avian influenza, low pathogenic in a flock of ducks, in Pr?cign?, near Sabl?-sur-Sarthe. The 9,000 animals were slaughtered on Tuesday.
Since the epidemics of 2016 and 2017, where highly pathogenic cases for birds had been reported in the South West of France, self-checks are conducted with each movement of poultry.
The herd killed as a precaution
In Precigne, the situation is much less serious. The highlighted virus is not very virulent. H5 type in its current form, it can not be transmitted to humans, according to the Departmental Directorate of Population Protection (DDPP). "There is no risk of transmission," says the director of the structure, Christophe Mourrieras. "We can breathe this virus, we will eliminate it very quickly, we will not even be vector, that is to say that the human being is not even able to multiply it, and to transmit it." carriers of the virus were even in good shape, and had no "clinical sign," says the Prefecture, in a statement on Monday evening.
So why have "destroyed" the 9,000 ducks? For Christophe Mourrieras, it is above all the precautionary principle. "If it spreads, the virus could mutate, and go to another farm, where the animals may be more sensitive, like the chicken.And eventually this time cause not only mortality, but also a multiplication of the virus , and an explosion like in the Southwest. "
Allow to study mutations
The director of the DDPP wants to reassure the population. "The virus is not even, in its current state, dangerous for the birds, at worst it's a" little gripette "duck, and not even, since the ducks were not sick, so we're still below that level. "
The systematic self-checks that report cases of avian influenza only date back to mid-December. In the West, there are already some twenty reports, especially in the Vend?e, or in the Deux S?vres. "The phrase," You do not make an omelette without breaking eggs, "would be too easy, but somewhere it's the price you pay to get to know these viruses better, to find out how they can mutate. at the end of 10, 20, 30 or 40 outbreaks, we had birds that were still in good shape, maybe we can just follow them, and not shoot them down. "
After the elimination of the herd, the whole farm will be disinfected, and the farmer will be compensated by the State services. 1000 ducks, already force-fed, and uninfected by bird flu, were able to take the road to the slaughterhouse.