France: Outbreak of bird flu detected in duck poultry farm
It is the first time during the current wave of bird flu that H5N1 has been detected in the south-west of France.
The highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in a duck poultry farm in the south-west of France , the French Ministry of Agriculture announced today.
It is the first time during the current wave of bird flu that H5N1 is detected in the south-west of France, which -according to the APE-MPE- hosts most of the production of pate foie gras in France, and where last winter the previous A wave of bird flu had decimated duck flocks.
