Bird flu "suspected" in Vendée

The prefecture has announced that "a preventive measure, the chicken farming were shot." The suspected case was found in the municipality of La Garnache.

SOURCE AFP

Modified 12.03.2016 at 20:30 - Published on 12.03.2016 at 12:59 | the Point.fr

Four departments are now affected. (Illustration)   © AFP / FRANK PERRY

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The black series continues. A "suspicion" of bird flu cases were reported Saturday in a northern farming chickens Vendée and "preventive measure, the chicken farming were shot," said the prefecture in a statement. The suspected case was found in the municipality of La Garnache, in a neighboring area of the Loire-Atlantique. By prefectural, a security perimeter of 10km, which are installed in "114 farms" has been defined around the affected farm in order to control the spread of the virus. "All movement of poultry, including to slaughterhouses, is strictly prohibited in this zone" regarding new Vendée common in total and four of Loire-Atlantique, the statement said. The final test results will be known early next week, the statement said, recalling that "the virus of avian influenza poses no risk to human health."

 

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