France has detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu virus on a turkey farm in the northwest of the country, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, as a seasonal wave of infections spreads across Europe.
The outbreak in the Brittany region, France’s first farm case this autumn, occurred near where an infected wild bird was found, the ministry said in a statement.
Several cases among wild birds have been recorded in recent days, it said, adding the government had raised its national alert level for bird flu to moderate from negligible.