In French the alarm is growing for the spread ofbird flu. The Paris Ministry of Agriculture announced today that it has already culled over 200.000 ducks and other 400.000 they will be soon, in order to block the spread of the virus. Notably, around 100.000 ducks were culled within identified outbreaks while 104.000 were subject to preventive demolition around these same outbreaks, the head of veterinary services and deputy director general of food, Loic Evain told France Presse, adding that they are still expected "About 400.000" preventive culls.
In France, the latest budget from the Ministry of Agriculture counted 61 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks since January XNUMX, of which 48 in the Landes department, in the south-east of the country, where many goose and duck farms are concentrated for the production of foie gras.