The list goes on and on. 24 additional municipalities will have to organize the preventive slaughter of bird farms. The epizootic continues to spread.
The macabre series continues. 24 municipalities are added to the preventive slaughter list breeding birds. This measure is supposed to stop the circulation of avian influenza H5N8 in France. But on January 30, the Ministry of Agriculture noted, on its site, 187 outbreaks. The Southwest is still at the epicenter of the epizootic. But this tends to widen.
At last review, Haute-Garonne is added to the number of departments where a center ofinfluenza avian has been reported. An additional case also occurred in the Hautes-Pyrénées on January 30. The Gers remains at the heart of the epizootic with 79 domestic outbreaks and 6 recorded in wildlife. These sporadic cases aggravate an already explosive situation. Because with each new resurgence, the poultry and palmipeds to be slaughtered number in the thousands.
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Faced with this persistence of the virus, the government has therefore expanded the list of municipalities where preventive slaughter is organized. A situation provided for by the first decrees, published on January 4. 24 municipalities are therefore added to the targeted areas, in Hautes-Pyrénées, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Haute-Garonne and Gers. In total, 361 municipalities will have to comply with strict instructions.
Elsewhere in Europe, the epizootic is also continuing. 880 outbreaks of H5N8 were listed as of January 23. 23 states, including France, are affected by the circulation of this highly pathogenic virus, as well as H5N5. The threat can take many forms. A total of 61 species exhibited symptoms of infection.
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