Based in Bonnegarde in the Landes and with a weekly capacity of 30,000 mulard malesthe hatchery Ducournau has officially joined the Orvia groupDecember 10, 2024. A date which marks the culmination of its strategic plan, deployed for two years to secure its supplies of ducks in the face of potential avian flu epidemics.
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« The South-West will therefore no longer depend on ducklings born in Pays de la Loire since the Orvia group now has three hatcheries in the South-West, with a production potential of 6 million Mulards per year, which will be fully exploited. », Underlines the Orvia group, in a press release.
In July 2024, the Haute Chalosse hatchery (Landes) joined the Mulard division of the Orvia group in July 2024, which claims a 52% market share with a total of five Mulard hatcheries: two in the West (Couvoir de la Mésangère, Couvoir Sèvre Maine) and three in the South-West: couvir Céran (Gers), north (Haute-Chalosse) and south of Landes (Ducournau).
There are also two Muscovy duck hatcheries (La Seigneurtière hatchery, France Canard) as well as a Beijing hatchery (Seigneurtière).
« Each duck production region is now stocked with ducklings born in the same region. »
“35% of breeding and laying buildings in Orvia are now in low risk areas for avian influenza”
As a reminder, this volume security plan also included:
- The systematic safeguarding since 2016 of pure lines selected in a “conservatory in Spain”
- The densification of the diffusion risk zone (ZRD) of Pays de la Loire with the shutdown of 50 breeding buildings to protect nearby hatcheries
- The start of production of 60 buildings in areas with low risk of avian influenza.
- Filtration and disinfection of air in selected buildings located in areas at risk of diffusion
- Strengthening the biosecurity of breeding sites
- Vaccination of more than 75% of Orvia breeding sites located in the ZRD
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