France kills 600,000 birds to prevent bird flu

Indo Pos Media,Paris – France is hit by an outbreak of bird flu. French authorities also moved quickly by destroying about 600 thousand chickens, ducks, and other poultry. Reporting from the media, the French Ministry of Agriculture reported that there were clusters of bird flu viruses in 26 factory farms, mainly in the southwest area.

In November, the French government ordered farmers to keep poultry indoors in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. This was done after the findings of the first case of bird flu was detected in the southwestern region of France on December 16 last.

After being investigated, more than 500 farms in France experienced mass infections. Of course this extermination costs money. The French government is said to have spent millions of euros in compensation to farmers.

It is known, a number of European countries are currently battling bird flu. Belgium and the UK have announced outbreaks of bird flu cases. Meanwhile, Czech authorities said 80,000 birds had been culled after reports that 100,000 livestock had died from exposure to the virus last week.(Red)