The animals were vaccinated, but they did not escape the epizootic. An outbreak of avian flu was detected this Wednesday, November 13 in the Landes, on a farm of 6,000 ducks. This is the second case detected in a weekin the same town of Saint-Etienne-d'Orthe. The Landes prefecture indicates in a press release that a “euthanasia operation for the 6,000 animals present on the farm is implemented from November 14 […] An epidemiological investigation is currently being carried out by the services of the Departmental Directorate of Employment, Labor, Solidarity and Population Protection (DDETSPP), to determine in particular whether epidemiological links exist between the two outbreaks.. According to our information, the breeding concerned is located less than two kilometers from the first.
This is why the protection zone within the 3 kilometer radius of the first outbreak remains the same. It concerns eight municipalities: Orist, Pey, Port-de-Lanne, Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe, Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq, Saint-Lon-les-Mines, Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse, Saint-Martin -of-Hinx.
