The French authorities on Thursday placed 45 departments at ‘high’ risk for an outbreak of bird flu via migratory birds. According to a decision in the French Official Journal (Journal officiel), breeders must house their poultry or place protection nets to avoid any contact with wild birds.
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OMoreover, the departments known for their foie gras production, such as the Landes, are covered by the scheme. The risk remains “moderate” in the other departments. France has so far been free of bird flu. In the summer, foci of the disease, which does not pose any danger to humans, appeared in Russia and Kazakhstan.
Bird flu spread west
Since then, bird flu has spread west …
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