France: HPAI H5N1 detected in the southwest
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#VRJT)
The French Ministry of Agriculture announced today the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in chickens in the Dordogne department in southwestern France, according to a news release (computer translated). This is the first such outbreak in France since 2007. "An abnormal mortality had led to the taking of samples for analysis by the Departmental ["]
