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France has announced the eradication of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), having gone over a month without new outbreaks. The country has ceased surveillance and has submitted a notification to the World Organization for Animal Health. The success of France's duck vaccination program, introduced a year ago, is credited for the achievement. However, the Ministry of Agriculture has cautioned farmers and veterinarians to remain vigilant due to the challenging epizootic situation in neighboring European countries, and the risk of dairy cattle infection, as seen in the United States.
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France has declared itself free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). It has submitted a corresponding notification to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the country's Ministry of Agriculture reported. The ministry recalled that no new outbreaks of the disease have been observed for more than a month. Recently, surveillance was stopped at the last two infected farms. On December 15, enhanced surveillance was lifted from a facility in the Landes (a natural region in the southwest of France), and on the 16th - in the Allier department (in the south of the country). The most difficult epizootic situation with avian influenza in France was last observed at the beginning of August of this year. A total of 12 outbreaks were registered during this period, three of which were in private farmsteads. The French Ministry of Agriculture explained the temporary victory over HPAI by the successful implementation of the duck vaccination program, which was launched in the ...
