{"id":84983,"date":"2023-12-07T00:14:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/france-orders-third-vaccines-for-foie-gras-ducks-to-try-and-halt-bird-flu-outbreak-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:14:44","slug":"france-orders-third-vaccines-for-foie-gras-ducks-to-try-and-halt-bird-flu-outbreak-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/france-orders-third-vaccines-for-foie-gras-ducks-to-try-and-halt-bird-flu-outbreak-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"France orders third vaccines for foie gras ducks to try and halt bird flu outbreak | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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France has ordered a third round of bird flu vaccines for at-risk ducks.<\/p>\n

Citing “new scientific evidence”, France’s<\/strong> farm ministry said on Wednesday that the shots are to avoid a surge in outbreaks.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Paris raised the risk level of bird flu<\/strong> to high after new cases were detected, forcing poultry farms to keep their livestock indoors.<\/p>\n

“New scientific evidence has led us to adjust the vaccination protocol to guarantee the best possible protection of animals and avoid any epizootic outbreak,” the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“For this, a three-dose protocol will be applied … until March 15, 2024 in areas identified at risk and targeting mulard ducks.”<\/p>\n

Mulard ducks, a hybrid between two different domestic ducks, are used for meat and controversially for foie gras.<\/p>\n

Paris began rolling out its duck vaccination programme early in October, with a total of 60 million ducks over a year initially set to receive two doses.<\/p>\n

Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim, selected by France to produce the vaccine, said the decision on a third shot was taken after post-shot monitoring showed a high potential for transmission of bird flu circulating and a reduction in the immunity of ducks at 11 weeks of life.<\/p>\n

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Doriane Vadot, head of communications for Boehringer France, said: “Given the unprecedented nature of the current campaign, it is normal for the vaccination strategy to be refined as field monitoring and additional research work are carried out.”<\/p>\n

Four outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, have been detected since 27 November.<\/p>\n

These included three in Brittany in western France and one in the Somme in northern France, the farm ministry said.<\/p>\n

These were all on turkey farms. There has been no outbreak reported among ducks so far.<\/p>\n

By 19 November, 6.9 million ducks had received a first shot of bird flu vaccine and 3.6 million had received two.<\/p>\n

While bird flu is harmless in food, its spread is a concern over the devastation it can cause to flocks and a risk of human transmission.<\/p>\n

It comes as NatureScot, part of the Scottish Government, said guillemots, kittiwakes and terns in Scotland suffered “huge losses” at their breeding colonies<\/strong> this summer due to avian flu.<\/p>\n

The nature agency said it had received 9,610 reports of dead and sick wild birds across the nation between 3 April and 1 October this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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