“This sector will provide sufficient quantities of poultry for the French people’s Christmas celebrations at Christmas,” the inter-professional association assured

Several recent bird flu outbreaks, particularly in the Vendée and Dordogne, have been reported.

“This sector will provide a sufficient number of festive birds for France at Christmas“, confirmed this Friday in franceinfo Yann Nédélec, general director of the inter-professional association Anvol (national inter-professional broiler poultry association), while acknowledging the situation”more worrying than last year“. Nearly twenty outbreaks have occurred since August, including six in recent days, mainly in the Vendée and Dordogne.

“We are not yet in a state of crisis like we were two or three years ago. But especially in the Vendée, we are facing a very evolving situation“. He admitted that”as soon as autumn comes, we experience this stress, this anxiety, because there is a migration of wild birds“.
Each detected outbreak leads to the establishment of zones that prohibit the installation of new animals and force certain breeders to undergo a browsing period, which is synonymous with economic loss. The inter-professional organization called on the State to guarantee compensation for breeders indirectly affected: “This is hard work that we are carrying out diligently with the Ministry of Agriculture to obtain a firm commitment“, he explained.”We must not lead to a large-scale crisis. But even in the midst of the most severe crisis, professionals managed to mobilize“, concluded the director of Anvol.