Once in Chalosse, we knew the virus was difficult to curb. It is confirmed. This Tuesday evening, January 11, 62 outbreaks of avian influenza were confirmed by the authorities and 46 …
Once in Chalosse, we knew the virus was difficult to curb. It is confirmed. This Tuesday evening, January 11, 62 outbreaks of avian influenza were confirmed by the authorities and 46 suspicions under study. Figures which climbed very quickly, because on Friday January 7, date of the visit of the Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, in the Landes, 63 homes were affected throughout France. The Landes department is the one that currently has the largest number of them, because it is also one of the largest producers. On Sunday January 9, outbreaks were detected in Classun, Gaujacq, Buanes, Sorbets, Miramont-Sensacq, then the next day in Bahus-Soubiran.
Starting January 13
In the Landes, there are 95,000 gallus slaughtered since the start of the crisis and 240,000 palmipeds. Figures which will unfortunately climb over the next few days, the Landes prefecture having published a decree on Tuesday, January 11, in order to requisition the slaughterhouse of Saint-Sever and speed up preventive slaughter. The Fermiers du Sud-Ouest slaughterhouse will therefore be dedicated, from Thursday 13 January and “until the end of regulatory slaughter operations, to the slaughter ordered by the administrative authority of poultry that come from farms or regulated areas affected by highly pathogenic or risky avian influenza ”.
This requisition should also make it possible to ensure, “in accordance with biosecurity rules”, the cleaning and disinfection of vehicles and transport crates. A key point in the fight against avian influenza.
The Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, had indicated in Mont-de-Marsan, that, this Wednesday, January 12, a meeting was to be held to discuss the framework in which an experiment with an influenza vaccine could take place. avian, which crystallizes the hopes of breeders.