France began vaccinating ducks against bird flu in the second season in an attempt to contain the virus that has killed thousands of birds around the world, a step that led the United States to impose trade restrictions on French bird imports.
France is one of the countries worst affected by the unprecedented global spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as avian influenza, which has disrupted the supply of bird meat and eggs in recent years and led to widespread outbreaks in many parts of the world. The prey is shot. .
The damage to the country’s chicken flocks, prompted by the virus’s potential to mutate and spread to humans, led the government to launch a mandatory vaccination campaign, making it the first country to export birds to the world.
The first injections were administered at a second-hand factory to ducks from a farm in the Landes region of southwestern France, in the presence of French Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau.
“This is a moment of optimism and we feel like we see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Fisnow told reporters.
In total, more than 60 million ducks will need to be vaccinated within a year at a total cost of 96 million euros ($102 million), with 85% of the two ducks to be funded by the state, the CIFOG Group said, duck and foie gras manufacturer, communication no. . acolhendo a movença.
“This vaccination program… is a global innovation: its goal is to protect all breeding birds, and ultimately the animals have to be culled preventatively because we don’t want to be alive anymore,” he said.
More and more governments are faced with the problem of controlling highly contagious avian influenza through vaccination. However, such vaccination may lead to swine fever due to commercial barriers, as large poultry exporters are reluctant to vaccinate their birds.
The United States will impose restrictions on French bird imports from October 1, citing the risk of the virus being introduced into the United States.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on the sixth day that vaccinated birds may not show signs of infection, meaning it cannot be determined whether the virus has been identified.
Fenot said that despite the intense negotiations, Japan must still cheer the French bird after vaccination.
France’s bird flu vaccine was initially limited to ducks, which are the most vulnerable to the virus and by 2022 will account for only 8% of France’s total poultry production.
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Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide; Editing by Emilia Sithole-Matalis