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AVIAN FLU. First case in a Côtes-d'Armor farm

Published on28/10/2022 at 6:39 p.m.
Written by Catherine Deunf.

The Côtes-d'Armor prefecture announces the detection of avian flu in a farm in Mérillac. This is the first farm affected in this department.

Avian flu has been prowling in Brittany for several months. It first affected wild birds, even decimating the colony of gannets from Sept-Iles to Perros-Guirec in the Côtes-d'Armor. It then spread to farms .

This Friday, October 28, for the first time, the prefecture of Côtes-d'Armor announces that a farm is affected in this department.

"The presence of an HPAI virus was confirmed on October 27, 2022 in a turkey farm in the Côtes-d'Armor department. This first outbreak in a farm in our department was detected following a mortality brutal and abnormal in a turkey farm in the town of Merillac" , announces the press release from the prefecture.

The turkeys were slaughtered on October 27, 2022. "State services, and in particular the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations (DDPP), are mobilized alongside the breeder, who will benefit from compensation for losses suffered," the statement continued.

Protection and surveillance zones have been set up within a radius of 3 and 10 km around the outbreak. "In these perimeters, biosecurity measures are reinforced and the movement of poultry is prohibited unless an exemption is granted by the DDPP. The farms are also placed under the supervision of the services of the DDPP and health veterinarians. All poultry yards must be declared in town hall" , warns the prefecture.
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Avian influenza: a second outbreak detected in a chicken farm in Côtes-d'Armor


Published on November 01, 2022 at 5:02 p.m.


After a first outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) was detected on October 27 in a turkey farm in the town of Mérillac, the Côtes-d'Armor prefecture announced on Tuesday November 1, the discovery of a second outbreak in the department, as part of the enhanced surveillance that applies to all farms. "The presence of an HPAI virus was again confirmed on October 31 in a label chicken farm located in Hillion", specifies the prefecture.

Protection and surveillance zones

To prevent any spread of the disease, protection and surveillance zones are set up within a radius of 3 and 10 km around the outbreak. Within these perimeters, biosecurity measures are reinforced and the movement of poultry, eggs and effluents is prohibited, except by derogation granted by the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations (DDPP). The farms are also placed under the supervision of the services of the DDPP and the health veterinarians.

It is also reminded that all private owners of farmyards must place their poultry under cover (containment or under nets) and be declared at the town hall.

The municipalities concerned within the radius of 3 km are as follows: Hillion and Langueux. The municipalities concerned by the 10 km zone, in addition to the municipalities mentioned above, are: Plérin, Saint-Brieuc, Ploufragan, Trégueux, Plédran, Yffiniac, Quessoy, Pommeret, Coëtmieux, Andel, Morieux, Planguenoual and Lamballe (western part of the municipality delimited by the main roads D768-N12-D768-D791).

A fundamental reinforcement of biosecurity measures

The prefect of Côtes-d'Armor recalls the importance of implementing reinforced biosecurity measures (in particular the confinement of all poultry, including for backyards). This reinforcement of biosecurity measures is fundamental to avoid the introduction of the virus, especially near wetlands, frequented by aquatic birds, because they constitute areas at greater risk of circulation of the virus. Any sign of disease or abnormal mortality should be immediately reported to a veterinarian: delayed detection poses a significant risk of disease spread due to the pre-symptomatic shedding period.

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Avian flu: 100,000 poultry slaughtered in a farm in Côtes-d'Armor

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Monday, January 2, 2023 at 4:17 PM
By Valerie Le Nigen

100,000 17-week-old pullets have been slaughtered since Monday, January 2, 2023 in the town of Canihuel, in Kreizh Breizh. According to Jacques Parodi, director of DDPP 22 (the departmental directorate for the protection of populations), the measures began as soon as the results of the analyzes were known, in two buildings. "These are 17-week-old pullets, future laying hens. The breeder will be compensated, but it's obviously very hard for him. Fortunately, he is supported, in particular by the MSA."
19 municipalities under surveillance

To avoid any risk of spreading the virus, the prefect of Côtes-d'Armor issued an order with monitoring of farms in two radii of 3 and 10 kilometers. The transport of poultry is prohibited, except by derogation from the DDPP. The slaughter of the 100,000 pullets was entrusted to GT LOGISTIC, a specialized company. The corpses will be cremated.

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Cotes d'Armor. A new case of avian flu detected, 22,000 hens slaughtered in Saint-Connan

A new case of avian flu was confirmed in a farm of 22,000 laying hens in Saint-Connan (Côtes-d'Armor), Monday January 30, 2023. State services have taken measures to prevent the spread of the virus. virus.

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Published on 02/01/2023 at 9:30 p.m.

A new case of bird flu has been detected in the Côtes-d'Armor where the virus is wreaking havoc. In the space of a few weeks, several farms were affected. By the end of December, 100,000 hens had to be slaughtered in Canihuel.

This time, it is a farm of 22,000 laying hens, in Saint-Connan, which is concerned. The State services specify that: "immediate eradication measures must be taken as soon as the disease is detected and that it is essential to detect the presence of the virus early in other poultry farms in order to prevent its spread between farms. »

Especially since there is “proximity between the HPAI outbreaks of Canihuel and Saint-Connan and a high density of poultry farming in this area”.
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Avian Flu. 6,000 laying hens slaughtered in Saint-Fiacre in the Côtes-d'Armor.

On Sunday February 5, a new outbreak of bird flu was detected in Saint-Fiacre. This is the third outbreak identified in Côtes-d'Armor in less than a week.

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Published on6 Feb 23 at 11:14
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On Sunday February 5, 2023, an outbreak of 6,000 laying hens having contracted highly pathogenic avian influenza ( HPAI ), was discovered in Saint-Fiacre , in Côtes-d'Armor .

The DDPP22 took the decision to slaughter the poultry, on the morning of Monday February 6, without waiting for the official results of the national reference laboratory.

Three outbreaks in one week

The virus is gaining ground.

Monday, January 30, we learned that avian flu had affected a farm of 22,000 laying hens in Saint-Connan, located 7.5 km from Saint-Fiacre.

Friday, February 3, a meat turkey farm in Prat was, in turn, infected with avian influenza.

Then, this third home in Saint-Fiacre, Sunday February 5.
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Faced with a thirteenth case of avian flu in breeding, the sector is worried in the Côtes-d'Armor

A new farm was affected by avian flu at the start of the week in Côtes-d'Armor: 8,000 ducks were slaughtered on Tuesday

February 14 in Saint-Péver.

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Thibaud Grasland.
Published on02/14/2023 at 7:46 p.m.

In a large sector of Côtes-d'Armor, located between Saint-Brieuc and Rostrenen, poultry were placed under a bell last week. Several cases of bird flu have been detected in laying hen and turkey farms. In Saint-Connan alone, 180,000 poultry had to be slaughtered on three farms . Within a radius of ten kilometers around this town, seven farms have now been affected in less than eight days. The seventh case was confirmed Monday evening in Saint-Péver: 8,000 ducks were killed during the day on Tuesday. This brings to 13 the number of farms affected in the department since October .

The particularity of this epizootic in Côtes-d'Armor is that it mainly affects laying hens, in an area where the density of farms is very high. The Côtes-d'Armor department is the leading producer of laying poultry in France (19% of national capacity) . The Costa Rican poultry industry (5,300 jobs) is very worried.
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“Brittany will have to live with avian flu”, fear the specialists

After the lull in the fall and at the end of 2022, the epizootic is hitting poultry farms hard in Côtes-d'Armor, the leading producer of laying poultry. In a few days, 188,000 poultry and ducks were slaughtered there. The Regional Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Brittany (Draaf) estimates that “the disease is now almost present all year round”.

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Published on 02/15/2023 at 7:31 p.m.

Leading region in the production of meat poultry and in number of laying hen farms (nearly 18,000 direct jobs), will Brittany have to learn to live with avian flu? Specialists from the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) and the Regional Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Brittany (Draaf) “fear” it.

“The disease is now almost present year-round. This is what we observed in the Côtes-d'Armor, ” says Eva Warms-Petit, head of the coordination center at the regional food service of the Draaf. After a very deadly spring and summer - "unprecedented for the birdlife, especially for gannets and herring gulls" , notes Hervé Duvallet, technician at the OFB regional police service - the autumn lull and year-end will have been short-lived.

Farms contaminated by wildlife

The virus is now hitting the Côtes-d'Armor poultry industry hard (13 farms affected since October). It would be introduced directly into the farms by "wild, sedentary and migratory fauna, largely contaminated" , sums up Eva Warns-Petit. And this, despite “the putting under glass of the Breton departments by the prefects” and the maintenance of “the state of alert. We were extremely careful in the event of the death of wild birds near poultry farms: we moved to systematically test the species, says Hervé Duvallet. Most of the dead birds collected and tested shortly before and shortly after Christmas were negative.

How to fight against this new outbreak of the epizootic? Pending a hypothetical vaccination under discussion at European level, the biosecurity measures, which aim to establish barriers between the interior and exterior of farms (showers, change of clothes, disinfection, etc.) " are one of the answers, suggests Eva Warns-Petit. In Brittany, without our good level of biosecurity, the outbreaks would have been greater given the concentration of farms. »

Responsiveness also remains "a key element" according to the specialist. This is why veterinary analyzes are now carried out, including on weekends. Monday, February 13, the administration thus hoped to avoid the preventive depopulation of farms which "would destroy an entire sector" , as in Vendée (December 2022) and in Morbihan (August 2022). "Chickens are less susceptible to the virus than ducks and turkeys ," argues Eva Warns-Petit. But since the contamination of a duck farm in Saint-Péver, near Guingamp, the hypothesis "is on the table", recognized, Tuesday, February 14, Virshna Heng, the acting departmental director of the protection of the populations (DDPP) of the Côtes-d'Armor, facing the professionals.

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Avian Flu. Two new sources of infection near Guingamp. "It's an economic and psychological disaster"

Published on02/17/2023 at 6:16 p.m.
Written by Quentin Cezard , ,Jean-Marc Seigner and andFabrice Leroy

Two new outbreaks were declared this Friday, February 17, 2023 in the municipalities of Saint-Péver and Saint-Connan in the Côtes-d'Armor. It is a real "economic and psychological disaster" for the inhabitants of these villages who live under a bell to the rhythm of announcements of "depopulation" of poultry in the sector.

" We had a doubt this morning when we arrived at the farm , explains Elisabeth Megret, head of farms in this farm in Saint-Connan. The hens were prostrate. I could see that they were not in good shape. So, We called the vet and did the necessary tests . Unsurprisingly, the verdict is in: Avian Influenza has struck again in this commune of Côtes-d'Armor. It is the seventh farm affected out of the 12 in the town in the space of a few days.

On this farm, 200,000 laying hens are concerned. “ It hits you overnight. We did a lot of things upstream. We sanitize with products to avoid viral pressure. I disinfect my air inlets every week . Nevertheless, the bird flu has infiltrated here too.

300,000 eggs per day will no longer be delivered

The establishment is also a center for reconditioning and redistribution of eggs from other farms. 300,000 eggs are delivered to their customers every day. “We must now warn our customers that they will have nothing left ,” laments Isabelle Auffret, head of the reconditioning center. 14 employees are technically unemployed. “ We are going to roll up our sleeves to clean up and be able to relaunch our fitness center as quickly as possible,” she hopes.

It is an economic and psychological disaster because there is very strong anxiety in the population. Everyone is wondering what the consequences will be behind.
Jean-Yves Philippe
Mayor of Saint-Connan

On the side of the town hall, we are on all fronts. “It is an economic and psychological disaster, because there is very strong anxiety in the population, describes Jean-Yves Philippe, mayor of Saint-Connan. It falls on us like the Covid crisis. We did not know it before and we have to face it." The town hall is at the bedside of the breeders, with the population, to ask them to confine their “non-commercial” poultry, in connection with the services of the State and the management of “depopulations”, the slaughter of poultry.

" There is a fatalism on the side of the breeders, advances the mayor. The avian flu is not new. The people of the sector know that they will experience this one day. No one is immune to this epidemic "Now we have to give ourselves the means to react. Economic aid must be up to par and not drag on too much. We need quick responses to restore the farms in a not too distant time."

90,000 laying hens in Saint-Péver

Another outbreak was also declared on February 17, 2023 in Saint-Péver, a few kilometers away. 90,000 laying hens are concerned. This is the second case of avian flu this week in the town. A duck farm was destroyed earlier this week.

The poultry will be slaughtered this weekend, like the poultry of Saint-Connan.

"The operating mode will be different, explains the mayor of Saint-Connan to us. There will no longer be the exit of the hens in an external sanitary area in containers. There will be a destruction inside the farms themselves to avoid too much transfers of hens, feathers and waste." It is a team from the Netherlands who must take care of this "depopulation" operation.

An uncontrollable situation?

" The situation is still under control, tries to reassure Virshna Héng, departmental director for the protection of the population of Côtes-d'Armor. We are on a limited number of cases. One case per day, even if that is still far too many. The services can assume the depopulation that is induced. On the other hand, what we are aiming for is to avoid the explosion of these cases in a very limited period of time, as we saw in Vendée last year. last."

The director of the DDPP insists on the reinforcement of the measures currently taken. " For professionals, a reinforcement of biosecurity and particular attention when accessing farms by avoiding too frequent access by outsiders and transport. As for individuals, there are measures to be taken. Holders of backyards lack basic knowledge of biosecurity."

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Preventive slaughter of ducks in the Côtes d'Armor: avian flu continues to affect farms

Published on02/23/2023 at 1:28 p.m.
Written by Benoit Thibault

The authorities are considering the preventive culling of ducks to limit the spread of bird flu. The poultry industry has been called upon to strengthen biosecurity measures on farms.

Two avian flu clusters located in the Côtes d'Armor, around Guingamp worry the authorities in Brittany, this February 23, 2023.

The first extends around Begard in an area that goes from Guingamp to Perros-Guirec. The second, larger, stretches from Guingamp to Guerlédan. The heart of this second cluster is located in the Saint-Connan area.

The preventive culling of ducks mentioned

In a few hours in the Saint Connan area, avian flu again affected a chicken coop and a turkey farm. In the neighboring town, 135,000 laying hens will have to be euthanized to prevent the disease from spreading.

On Saint-Connan, the preventive slaughter of ducks is now mentioned. “Ducks are animals that excrete a lot of virus while sometimes being asymptomatic” emphasizes Virshna Héng, departmental director of population protection in the Côtes d'Armor. “We are considering culling ducks in restricted areas ”. According to Virsnha Héng, the prefect of Côtes d'Armor will sign, on February 23, a decree going in this direction.

The entire sector was received by the prefecture on Monday February 21 to reinforce biosecurity measures. The objective is to limit movements in farms and to pool supplies.

The current weather favors the virus

The current climatic conditions, lower temperatures and sunshine and increased humidity, favor the survival of the virus in the environment.

In mid-February 2023, the number of breeding outbreaks reached 300, more than three quarters of which were concentrated in the Pays de la Loire region. Brittany has experienced 34 clusters since August 1, 2022, including 21 in Côtes d'Armor.

Faced with an increased risk of contamination by the drop in temperatures and the strong migratory activity of wild birds, all poultry must be sheltered and gatherings of poultry are prohibited.


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