The level of risk of avian flu, now “high” in France, forces breeders to confine their poultry

The level of risk of avian flu was increased, Thursday, November 10, from ” moderate “ at ” raised “ throughout the metropolitan territory, according to a decree published in Official newspaperforcing farmers to confine their poultry.

The main production regions, Brittany and Pays de la Loire, but also the department of Deux-Sèvres, had already been subject to this obligation since mid-October, but the epizootic has continued to spread over the past few days, a home having been discovered in particular in the Gard last week.

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