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: 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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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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Salmonellosis: domestic hens at risk for humans
US CDC is warning people about the outbreak of salmonellosis. Domestic hens would be involved.Hens are popular with families, more ...
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Netherlands: hundreds of thousands of chickens slaughtered because of a pesticide
In the Netherlands, millions of eggs contaminated with fipronil have been withdrawn from sale. Farms have been closed and chickens ...
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Fipronil: contaminated eggs in France too
Contrary to the first declarations of the Ministry of Agriculture, France did import eggs contaminated with fipronil. Two establishments are ...
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Insecticide: hundreds of thousands of highly contaminated chicken eggs
In the Netherlands, the presence of fipronil has been detected in eggs sold for consumption at levels presenting a serious ...
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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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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: 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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Avian influenza: France had never been confronted with this virus
MAINTENANCE. France is embarking on the mass slaughter of ducks to fight against avian flu. A drastic measure that could ...
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Avian influenza: 47 outbreaks in farms in the southwest
France has 47 outbreaks of avian flu in farms and five cases in wildlife, according to a latest count.France now ...
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Avian influenza: 41 outbreaks identified in France
Since the end of November, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N8 has been found in 41 poultry farms and ...
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Guillain-Barré syndrome: monitor the cooking of poultry
American researchers have discovered that a bacteria frequently found in undercooked poultry can cause Guillain-Barré syndrome.The holidays are fast approaching. ...
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Avian influenza: a second outbreak detected in Aveyron
Aveyron is once again affected by bird flu. After the outbreak identified last July in the department, a new duck ...
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Dordogne: two outbreaks of avian flu detected
Despite the crawl space imposed last April, a second outbreak of bird flu was identified in the Dordogne in a ...
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Avian influenza: 2 farms affected in the South-West of France
Despite the crawl space imposed last April, an outbreak of avian flu in Aveyron and one in Dordogne were detected. ...
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Avian flu: the crawl space will last 1 month
From April 18 to May 16, 2016, the crawl space will be compulsory in all poultry farms in southwestern France. ...
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Avian flu: Saudi Arabia suspends imports of French poultry
Saudi Arabia has decided to temporarily suspend its imports of poultry, eggs and dairy products from 7 departments affected by ...
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Avian influenza: production suspended in 4,000 farms
The production of palmipeds has been stopped in 4,000 farms in southwestern France, in order to eradicate avian flu. The ...
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Avian influenza: a first confirmed case in Haute-Garonne
Avian influenza affected a farm in Haute-Garonne for the first time, bringing the number of affected departments in southwestern France ...
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Avian influenza: 112,000 poultry slaughtered in Japan
© schafarIt's not good to be a chicken in Japan. 112,000 poultry were killed to prevent the spread of the ...
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Avian influenza: 11 new outbreaks identified in the South-West
At this stage, 53 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza for poultry have been detected in 6 departments of southwestern ...
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Stéphane Le Foll: the bird flu epidemic is under control
According to the Minister of Agriculture, the avian influenza epidemic is "under control" and the French have "no worries" to ...
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Avian influenza: three new cases in Dordogne and Landes
The Ministry of Agriculture announced that 3 new farms were contaminated with the H5N1 virus. Two of them are in ...
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Avian influenza: the export of poultry prohibited
Following the detection of 3 outbreaks of avian influenza in Dordogne, the Ministry of Agriculture has decided to ban the ...
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French poultry are too resistant to antibiotics
© iStockThe World Health Organization and, more recently, the United States Federal Health Agency are increasing the number of warnings ...
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Bird flu: Japan decides to slaughter 42,000 chickens
A carrier strain of avian influenza has been identified in a chicken farm in southwestern Japan. The poultry were slaughtered. ...
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Breast cancer: replacing beef with chicken could reduce risk
A new study shows that women who eat red meat in large quantities are 23% more likely to develop breast ...
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