on March 16, 2022
Sharp rise in avian flu in western France
In one region in the west of France, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) situation in poultry has deteriorated dramatically.
In France, the number of confirmed HPAI outbreaks in poultry flocks has reached 792, according to the country’s agriculture ministry. This was the total announced on March 15, and compares with 555 outbreaks just seven days previously, and is more than twice as many as the figure released on…