France has detected an outbreak of the bird flu virus at a Peruvian farm in the country’s northwest, the agriculture ministry reported for the third week, as a seasonal wave of infections spreads across Europe.
The ministry said in a statement that the outbreak in the UK area was the first case on a French farm at the station and would occur next year where the infected bush birds were found.
According to the Ministry of Health, several cases of wild birds have been recorded in recent days, indicating that the government has raised the national bird flu alert level from mild to moderate.
In areas particularly exposed to wild birds, poultry flocks will now be confined to obsolete, informed or ministerial conditions.
Bird flu has killed hundreds of thousands of birds in recent years. It typically affects Europe in the fall and winter, and has recently been found on farms in countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Croatia and Hungary.
The problem has disrupted supplies of poultry meat and eggs in recent years and sent prices soaring in some parts of the world. To address the problem, France launched an avian influenza vaccination campaign in early October.
France’s plan was initially limited to ducks, which are only susceptible to the virus. In 2022, ducks accounted for only 8% of France’s total poultry production.
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