France - Suspicion of Avian Flu at 5 Duck Farms in Les Landes

[Gert van der Hoek]

dec 13 , 2016


A "strong suspicion" of infection with the avian influenza virus was detected on Tuesday in a duck farm in Eug?nie-les-Bains, in the Landes, one of the main producers of palmipedes in France, Now spared by the new epizootic.

"The first results of the analyzes carried out on the samples taken on the spot and the observation of a high mortality of these ducks, lead the State services to immediately apply very stringent measures of health protection around this exploitation" The Landes prefecture in a statement.

On the one hand, poultry still present in this breeding of 1,550 ducks in gavage will be subjected to a "preventive slaughter" and the operation placed "under sanitary supervision". On the other hand, the prefecture has set up a "temporary control zone of 10 kilometers around this force-feeding workshop", encompassing a total of 34 communes in the southeast of lesLandes.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Avian influenza in Les Landes: "strong suspicion" in a second farm

Published on 14/12/2016

MAP - After that of Eug?nie-les-Bains, on Tuesday afternoon, in the evening, another outbreak was confirmed in Lussagnet. In all, 2450 ducks must be slaughtered.

Same analyzes, same results, even "strong suspicion". Tuesday evening, a second possible outbreak was discovered in Lussagnet, after that of Eug?nie-les-Bains, announced in the afternoon. At the borders of the Gers, just north of Aire-sur-l'Adour and the limits of the temporary control zone in force, since Monday, around S?gos (Gers). A second analysis must now confirm that this is the H5N8 virus.

In the meantime, a temporary control perimeter (10 kilometers including Aire-sur-l'Adour, Bord?res-et-Lamensans, Bourdalat, Castandet, Caz?res-sur-l'Adour, Duhort-Bachen, Hontanx, , Renung and Saint-Gein) has been in effect since Tuesday night, and the 900 ducks being force-fed will be slaughtered.

 

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[h=2]Reports of special administrative acts of December 14, 2016 # 2[/h] Article created on 14.12.2016 by Landes prefectureUpdated 12/14/2016

DDCSPP

• Order No. DDCSPP / SPAE / 2016-986 under surveillance operation EARL Des Cerisisers to Lussagnet suspected avian influenza.
• Order No. DDCSPP / SPAE / 2016-987 under surveillance operation EARL Dupret-Farm LANETTE in Hinx suspected avian influenza.
• Order No. DDCSPP / SPAE / 2016-988 under surveillance operation EARL De BANEZIT in Caz?res-sur-Adour suspected avian influenza.
• Order No. DDCSPP / SPAE / 2016-989 under surveillance operation Madame Margraf in Gabarret suspected avian influenza.
• Order No. DDCSPP / SPAE / 2016-988 under surveillance operation EARL MI SUERTE to Bourriot-Bergonce suspected avian influenza.

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