Avian flu: what is the purpose of the crawl space?
The crawl space decided by the government to put an end to the avian flu epidemic starts Monday in five ...
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Avian flu: preventive slaughter extended to nearly 700 municipalities
The preventive slaughter of waterfowl has been extended to 685 municipalities, in order to stem the epizootic affecting the South-West.There ...
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Avian flu: the slaughter zone extended to 573 municipalities
To curb the spread of avian flu, the Ministry of Agriculture is extending the preventive slaughter zone for uninfected palmipedes. ...
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Avian flu: the crawl space begins in 18 departments
From this Monday, April 18 and until May 16, 2016, crawl space will be compulsory in all poultry farms in ...
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Avian flu: health risks ruled out
In 3 weeks, 42 foci of avian influenza were detected in the South-West of France. However, the consumption of foie ...
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Why 7,450 ducks in Finistère, and 11,200 in herbaria will be slaughtered …
The press releases from the prefectures and regional health agencies are multiplying… Weekly for the moment: “A case of low ...
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A laboratory in Gironde invents a vaccine against a form of avian flu
A laboratory in Libourne, Gironde, announces that it has developed a vaccine against a severe form of avian flu. A ...
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Avian flu: more than 9,000 ducks slaughtered in the Gers to avoid an epidemic
Slaughtering has continued since early February in duck farms contaminated with avian flu. Nearly 9,500 poultry were killed on Tuesday ...
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Tens of thousands of ducks slaughtered or confined to stop bird flu threat
It is a little morbid accounting, but essential ... Tens of thousands of ducks are either slaughtered or confined. For ...
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Avian flu in Morbihan: what are the risks for humans?
Three outbreaks of avian flu were detected on Sunday in three duck farms located in Morbihan. What are the risks ...
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American green light to deadly virus design. In France we keep strains of deadly diseases
While the United States has just authorized funding for the design of pandemic viruses to advance research, where is France? ...
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Avian influenza: EU advice to avoid the epidemic
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) calls on EU countries to be more vigilant against bird flu. Increased surveillance is ...
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Maine-et-Loire: an outbreak of bird flu detected
The health authorities have placed a farm under surveillance, after having detected an outbreak of avian flu. The 8,500 turkeys ...
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China: third case of H9N2 avian influenza
A baby has been infected with the H9N2 influenza virus in China. This is the third case since the start ...
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Avian flu in the North: drastic measures to prevent the spread
To prevent the spread to farms in the region, radical measures were taken in the first outbreaks.The prefecture announced Thursday ...
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Avian influenza: an outbreak identified in Tarn-et-Garonne
A weakly pathogenic strain of avian influenza was spotted in a farm in Tarn-et-Garonne. The risk of spread is low, ...
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Avian flu: the end of the crawl space
The farms in the South-West will be gradually repopulated and duck and goose breeders will be able to get back ...
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China: the worrying increase in bird flu
WHO reports 23 new cases of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus between April 11 and May 6, ...
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Avian flu: a shortage of foie gras at Christmas
Producers have announced a drop in stocks of foie gras, following the second outbreak of avian flu in France in ...
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Avian influenza: the end of the epidemic is declared
The risk of avian influenza is considered negligible by the Ministry of Agriculture. The confinement obligation is lifted, but the ...
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Bird flu: 15 more people infected in China
WHO reports 15 new cases of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infection in China and calls for vigilance.In China, 15 ...
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Avian flu: farmers sign a biosecurity pact
Farmers' organizations have signed a pact to improve the biosecurity of the foie gras industry and prevent a new avian ...
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Avian flu: crawl in the southwest for six weeks
The authorities are asking producers to empty and disinfect buildings housing poultry.To great ills, great remedies. Faced with an avian ...
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Avian influenza: racing pigeon races authorized
From April 1, racing pigeon competitions will be able to resume in areas where the risk level of bird flu ...
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Avian influenza: China placed under close surveillance
International health authorities are calling on China to strengthen its control and surveillance measures to stem the bird flu epidemic. ...
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Avian flu: 61 deaths in China in one month
Chinese authorities announced that in February 2017, 160 people were infected, of which 61 died. A much heavier balance sheet ...
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Avian flu: nearly 4 million ducks slaughtered in France
According to professionals in the foie gras industry (CIFOG), 3.7 million ducks have been slaughtered since the end of 2016 ...
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Avian influenza: the slaughter zone extended to 609 municipalities
The agriculture ministry is still trying to slow down the bird flu epidemic. The area for preventive slaughter of animals ...
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Avian influenza: farmers enter into resistance
The Lot-et-Garonne Chamber of Agriculture and the Rural Coordination union oppose the containment and preventive slaughter of healthy ducks. The ...
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Avian influenza: open turtle dove hunting in Lot-et-Garonne
For the first time, authorities have slaughtered turtledoves suspected of being infected with bird flu.This is a first in France: ...
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