Avian Flu

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Article last updated: March 6, 2006 09:34

(Official statement of the ministry for Agriculture)

The national laboratory of reference, the French Agency for Medical safety and Food (AFSSA), located at Ploufragan, has just confirmed the presence of virus H5N1 on a wild swan found dead on February 28 on the territory of the city of Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône.

Samples from this bird had been transmitted on March 1, by the veterinary laboratory of Ain, to the laboratory of Ploufragan for further analyses.

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Article last updated: November 24, 2005 12:08 PM
FrenchFriends note: This article primarily targets travelers residing in France.

You are traveling to a country affected by the aviary influenza (or chicken flu) of type A (H5/N1)

The general hygiene recommendations for such a trip are in particular:

• To regularly wash your hands with water and soap or with a disinfectant product (for example with a hydro-alcoholic solution),
• To consume only well cooked food and sealed beverages.

Recommendations when you are in a zone affected by the aviary influenza
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Article last updated: March 2, 2006 09:32

Avoid contact with birds in a zone affected by the aviary influenza

Avoid any contact with the poultries alive or dead in a zone touched by aviary influenza.
For example avoid :

•    going to industrial and family farms or to poultries and birds markets,
•    handling bird corpses or waste.

 

Basic precautions, in the event of contact in a breeding farm affected by the aviary influenza

Details on the cat, carrying virus H5N1, discovered in Germany
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Article last updated: March 2, 2006 09:32

Official statement of the ministry of Agriculture and Fishing

A cat carrying virus H5N1 was found dead on the German island of Rügen (near the Baltic sea). More than 100 wild birds were also found carrying the H5N1 virus, on this island where a strong "pressure" of the virus prevails. The possibility of transmission of the virus to cats had already been reported in the zones of strong viral "pressure" (Asia).