France MOA: 200th H5N8 Outbreak In Poultry Farms Over Past 60 Days

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Although H5N8 arrived somewhat later to France's poultry industry than it did in other parts of Europe (see Dec 2nd's H5N8 Confirmed In Duck Farm In Tarn), over the past 60 days outbreaks have spread across their Southwestern Departments at a dizzying pace.

Today their MOA announces their 200th H5N8 outbreak in poultry.  This excludes dozens of LPAI outbreaks that have been reported in the same region over the past few months. 

Despite prophylactic culling of more than 1 million healthy birds ordered in early January, the number of affected farms has more than doubled over the past month.

H5N8 avian influenza: monitoring the spread of the virus in farms and wildlife

03/02/2017 avian influenza
© Pascal Xicluna / Min.Agri.Fr

In France

Location to 3 February 2017: 200 H5N8 outbreaks in farms and 18 cases in wildlife confirmed and communicated.

List of homes in the departments

• Country: 69
• Tarn : 8
• Gers : 84
• Lot-et-Garonne: 7
• Hautes-Pyrénées: 18
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 8
• Aveyron : 2
• Deux-Sèvres: 3
• Lot: 1
  

List of cases in wildlife

• Pas-de-Calais: 1
• Haute-Savoie: 2
• Tarn : 2
• Manche: 1
• Ain : 1
• Lot-et-Garonne: 1
• Country: 2
• Gers : 6
• Loire-Atlantique: 1
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 1