For the primary time since final winter, a poultry flock in France has examined constructive for HPAI virus of the H5 household.
Supply of the an infection is unsure, however it could be linked to the proximity of the affected farm to areas visited by wildlife, in accordance with the agriculture ministry.
Positioned within the division of Ille-et-Vilaine, the premises is within the Brittany (Bretagne) area in northwest France. The ministry confirms that a number of seabirds from alongside the area’s coast have examined constructive for HPAI in current weeks.
Following affirmation of the an infection, restriction zones had been arrange across the farm, together with a safety zone inside a 3-km radius, and a surveillance zone extending as much as 10km across the outbreak.
Throughout the remainder of France, the ministry describes the HPAI threat as “negligible.”
Of the 1,200 poultry on the farm, 190 died and the remainder of the flock has been destroyed, in accordance with the official notification to the World Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH).
Beginning in October of final yr, the French authorities started an HPAI vaccination marketing campaign, which aimed to guard the nation’s business duck flocks from future outbreaks.
Newest figures from the ministry put the variety of birds receiving a primary dose of vaccine at greater than 47.9 million (as of August 1). That represents a rise of round 6.3 million since the top of June.
HPAI hits poultry in Germany, Portugal
Following a three-month hiatus, the H5N1 HPAI virus has been detected once more in poultry flocks within the northwest German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
A complete of 700 birds died at two business farms that seem like round one kilometer aside, in accordance with the WOAH notification. Affected had been combined flocks comprising geese and geese for fattening, and chickens, totaling round 2,500 and 6,500 birds every.
To WOAH, the Portuguese veterinary authority has notified a confirmed HPAI outbreak beginning earlier this week.
Testing constructive for the H5N1 virus serotype was a non-commercial flock within the northern municipality of Viano do Castello. It comprised 100 laying hens, 60 of which died and the others have been destroyed.
Gradual enhance in European wild chook circumstances
Over the previous month, eight European international locations have registered with WOAH a number of wild birds which have examined constructive for HPAI virus of the H5 group.
Probably the most circumstances — simply over 40 — have been confirmed in France. Additionally recording current circumstances have been Belgium, Germany, Nice Britain, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Spain.
HPAI developments in Africa, Asia-Pacific
Earlier this yr, a sequence of HPAI outbreaks occurred in Australia, affecting primarily flocks of laying hens within the states of Victoria, New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory. Mortalities, culling of round 1.8 million birds, and motion restrictions led to shortages of eggs on grocery store cabinets.
Nevertheless, following the nation’s largest ever HPAI outbreak in poultry, the Australian Broadcasting Company stories that egg provides are regularly returning to regular.
Throughout the months of Could and June, the animal well being authority notified WOAH a few whole of 12 HPAI outbreaks. Three completely different virus serotypes had been detected at affected farms. As well as, 4 of Australia’s non-commercial poultry flocks have examined constructive for the virus.
On the finish of July, the Cambodian veterinary company notified WOAH a few second HPAI outbreak linked to the H5N1 virus variant.
Affected was a village flock of round 1,200 poultry within the southeastern province of Svay Rieng. This was extra than 100km from the earlier outbreak.
Because the finish of June, no additional HPAI outbreaks in South Africa have been reported to WOAH.
Between Could and December of 2023, HPAI outbreaks involving the H7N6 virus serotype occurred in 115 poultry flocks throughout the nation. Instantly impacted had been greater than 11.3 million of the nation’s poultry.
2 new human circumstances in Cambodia
In its newest replace on human infections with influenza A virus of avian origin, the World Well being Group (WHO) stories two new circumstances in Cambodia linked to the H5N1 virus.
Over the last week of July, infections had been confirmed in a four-year-old boy and a 16-year-old woman. Each lived in Svay Rieng — the identical province because the current poultry outbreak — however the circumstances weren’t epidemiologically linked, in accordance with WHO.
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