France has been affected for the fourth time since 2015 by this virus which generates considerable costs for professionals and the State as well as export losses.
Foie gras professionals consider Thursday “essential” to vaccinate ducks against avian flu in the future, while the number of contaminated farms continues to increase in France.
“In the short term, it is essential to advance the file of vaccination of animals against avian influenza, while preserving the possibility of continuing exports. […] It is essential to be able to protect our animals by vaccination, otherwise the poultry sectors will remain threatened by this virus “, writes the interprofession of foie gras (Cifog) in a press release.
The latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture reports 46 infected farms, most in the South-West, stronghold of foie gras.
To date, “a vaccine has a marketing authorization but only for birds of the gallinaceae family” (chickens, turkeys, etc.) and “no vaccine suitable for birds of the Anatidae family (palmipeds) n ‘is authorized by the European Commission “, underlines the Ministry of Agriculture on its website.
Above all, to vaccinate today is to see outlets being closed.
Many countries (Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Great Britain, United States …) refuse to source poultry in countries practicing vaccination against avian influenza “because of the supposed risk of introduction of the virus by animals vaccinated or their products “, underlined in July a report of the General Council of Agriculture, which depends on the ministry.
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