Re: Bird flu + preparedness + Anthrax

Janet Baraclough <janet.and.john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Ann" <nntpmail@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message

"The French programme approved today means the
vaccination of around 900,000 ducks and geese in the
departments of Landes, Loire-Atlantique and Vendee - now
considered high-risk areas - will begin immediately and
will run until April 1.

Just what I like to see. All that concern for continuing
production of pate de foie gras

Sales of poultry meat within France have dropped by at
least 40% in
recent weeks. France and Holland are the biggest poultry
producers in Europe. As soon as they announced theor
vaccination plan, Japan banned all poultry imports from
both countries, vaccinated or not. Those farmers are
responsible for their own vaccination costs. Vaccinated
birds and meat are banned from export and there are also
restrictions on their eggs.

3 years ago, Holland had another avian flu outbreak in
commercial
poultry, (a different strain (H7N7) in which people were
also infected and a vet died). In that outbreak, 30 MILLION
chickens were culled and the industry is only just
recovering from that disaster.

Result; some farmers in Holland are already refusing to
vaccinate because A) they can't export vaccinated meat.
B) The home market is collapsing too. They can't afford to
feed stock
they can't sell.
C) vaccination is a pointless financial loss when you're
about to
cull your flock or go bankrupt anyway.

but it appears that it might NOT be pointless if you aren't
trying to sell your chickens for meat or eggs, IOW it might save
a rare breed... or it might just give the gub'mint a lead to
find & kill one's chickens. damned if you do & damned if you
don't :p

lee
--
war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength
1984-George Orwell
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