France Reports Bird Flu Outbreak on Northern Farm
France has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, on a farm in the north of the country, authorities said, as Europe faces a seasonal upturn in the deadly disease.
The virus was detected at a pheasant and partridge breeding farm in the village of Pihen-Les-Guines, near the port town of Calais, the local prefecture said in a statement. The farm's entire flock will be culled while poultry within 10 km of the affected farm are to be kept indoors, it said.
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