France considering vaccination against bird flu

The French ministry of agriculture is considering preventive vaccination of poultry against avian influenza as an essential part of a more targeted battle against the almost annually occurring major outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the country. This winter and spring, France once again registered 475 outbreaks ofavian influenza at poultry farms, the vast majority being geese or duck farms in the far south-west of the country. This outbreak follows similar epidemics in 2