‘High’ Alert For Avian Flu In France Following The Discovery Of New Cases
‘High’ Alert For Avian Flu In France Following The Discovery Of New Cases Following the discovery of new cases, poultry farms were forced to confine their birds indoors in order to stop the extremely contagious virus from spreading, prompting France to upgrade the danger level of avian flu from “moderate” to “high” on Tuesday. The agriculture ministry’s decision was made public in the Official Journal on Tuesday. Avian flu, also referred to as avian influenza, has caused the global eradication of hundreds of millions of birds in recent years. Typically occurring in the autumn and winter, it has been spreading during the past few weeks throughout numerous European nations, including Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Last week, France reported that it had discovered the season’s first avian flu infection on a farm in the northwest region of Brittany. Last Monday, Yann Nedelec, director of the French poultry industry group Anvol, said that another epidemic had been found among turkey...