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Meanwhile, in the four days since our last update, the French MOA has announced 14 new outbreaks of HPAI on Farms, with 12 of those in Gers and 2 in Landes.
Last week, with outbreaks still rising, France announced a prophylactic cull of all ducks and geese in three departments (Gers, Landes, and Haute-Pyrenees), rather than waiting to address individual outbreaks.
Avian Influenza: France in the home monitoring
09/01/2017 avian influenza
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In France
Situation on January 9, 2017: 109 H5N8 outbreaks in farms and 5 cases in wildlife confirmed and communicated.
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List of homes in the departments
- Landes: 19 homes
- Tarn: 8 homes
- Gers: 63 homes
- Lot-et-Garonne: 7 homes
- Hautes-Pyrénées: 5 homes
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 3 homes
- Aveyron: 2 homes
- Deux-Sèvres: 2 homes
List of outbreaks in wildlife
Internationally
- Pas-de-Calais: 1 home
- Haute-Savoie: 2 homes
- Tarn: 1 home
- Channel: 1 home
Since the latter situation December 26 on, 57 new outbreaks of HPAI H5N8 subtype were reported in Europe (European Union plus Switzerland):
- in France (23 breeding foci)
- Poland (10 outbreaks in livestock)
- Germany (breeding 6 homes)
- and Hungary (5 households with a wild).
The virus has also been detected recently in Slovakia (in Bratislava galliformes breeding) and Ireland (in Wexford County in a widgeon).
The total number of outbreaks and cases reported continues to increase and is now 724 (compared to 667 last week) including 351 in wild birds (57 species affected), 364 and 9 in farms of captive birds (Tables 1 & 2).
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