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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.

Standard rules (protection zone of 3 km and  monitoring zone of 7 km), in accordance with the community provisions, are in application.

Map of Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts