H5N8 Spread To Monbahus France

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It's in a room of feeding ducks in the town of Monbahus, the presence of the virus was reported. The animals come from a farming Tarn 

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A case of avian influenza detected in the Lot-et-Garonne: 2000 ducks slaughtered

HIGHLIGHTS / AGEN  /  Published the 02/12/2016. Updated 3:31 p.m. by sudouest.fr Lot-et-Garonne

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The virus was identified on a farm in Monbahus. © 

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It's in a room of feeding ducks in the town of Monbahus, the presence of the virus was reported. The animals come from a farming Tarn 

This is a first ! A case of bird flu was reported on Friday, in a feeding room ducks in Monbahus in Villeneuvois. If othersources of infection had been reported in neighboring departments, the Lot-et-Garonne had hitherto been preserved by this virus. According to preliminary information, the animals come from a farming Tarn. 

 

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The veterinary services have detected the H5N8 strain. A very aggressive strain since the volatile seems to die quickly. Reached by telephone , the mayor of Monbahus, Jean-Marie Gary, confirmed that "2,000 ducks have already been slaughtered." 

The mobilized Chamber of Agriculture 

The prefecture  should make orders in the next few hours, to limit the risk of contamination  , including total containment of 3 km radius, 46 municipalities. Special measures concerning hunting will also be taken and the transport of animals should be banned. 

The Chamber of Agriculture is at the disposal of farmers for more information. Serge Bousquet-Cassagne, its president, hoping "that the compensation arrive before the elections." A meeting with the prefect of Lot-et-Garonne is organized in 16 hours. 

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