According to a prefectural decree published this Saturday, a new outbreak of avian flu was detected “in a domestic poultry farm” in La Poterie-Mathieu, in Eure.
“Immediate eradication measures” necessary. A new outbreak of avian flu was detected “in a domestic poultry farm” in La Poterie-Mathieu, in Eure, announced the prefecture, around ten days after the lowering of the national risk level.
“Highly pathogenic”, this outbreak of avian influenza, detected on Friday, requires “immediate eradication measures” of the poultry concerned, according to the decree posted online on Saturday on the prefecture website.
The Eure authorities have also placed eight nearby municipalities in a “protection zone” and 46 others in a “surveillance zone”, confirming information from the regional daily Ouest-France.
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So in these “regulated areas”, poultry “must be sheltered”. “Only people essential to the maintenance of breeding” are authorized to enter the establishments where the latter are located, in order “to limit the risk of spreading the disease”, according to the decree.
On December 17, the French Ministry of Agriculture announced that it was lowering the risk level linked to avian flu to “free” in mainland France, as no new outbreaks had occurred during the previous month.
Twenty-six European countries have detected the presence of avian influenza viruses on their territory since August 1, according to a bulletin from the French animal health epidemiological surveillance platform. The virus is still circulating among wild birds in Europe, particularly in migration corridors, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
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