An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has just been confirmed in a duck farm located in the town of Saint-Étienne d'Orthe in the Landes.
These animals had been vaccinated against HPAI, in accordance with regulations.
To avoid any risk of spreading the virus to other farms, the Landes prefect took
an order defining regulated zones specified in the appendix:
– 8 municipalities are concerned within the 3 km radius (protection zone),
– 20 municipalities are affected by the 10 km zone (surveillance zone).
In these zones, all places where poultry and captive birds are kept are subject to specific requirements. Movements of poultry and other captive birds, and any introduction of new animals of this type, are prohibited, unless an exemption is granted by State services. HPAI surveillance is also reinforced by carrying out self-checks made compulsory by prefectural decree.
As part of measures to combat the spread of the virus, an operation
depopulation of the 6,400 animals present on the farm affected by the outbreak began this
Thursday November 7 and will conclude this Friday November 8. State services, and
in particular the staff of the Departmental Directorate of Employment, Labor,
solidarity and protection of populations (DDETSPP), are mobilized alongside
the breeder since the outbreak was declared. They will be present on site in particular in the
framework of the animal euthanasia operation.
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