Question 36538 — breeding

Summary

Mrs Bénédicte Taurine questions the Minister of Agriculture and Food on the Government's management of the new episode of avian influenza in duck and chicken farms. While more than two million animals have already been slaughtered since the start of 2021, voices are being raised to question the health policy applied to this third episode of avian influenza, in five years, which now numbers more than 460 homes. After the 2017 crisis, through a pact signed with the Ministry of Agriculture, large operators, who represent two thirds of production, made commitments to relocate farms near force-feeding rooms, or even slaughterhouses, in order to reduce transport. The duck sector therefore appears more fragile in relation to the avian influenza virus because of the economic choice that was made to hyper-segment production, which generates significant movements of live animals. She asks him what is happening with the implementation of these commitments, while a new avian flu epidemic is raging. She also questions him about the transparency and sharing of data collected in a database, created in 2017 and approved by the public authorities, to record and geolocate all poultry farms in France. Associate with cartographic tools, this database was designed to help clean up suspect areas and prevent contamination, as well as a rapid alert system for all stakeholders. Today, access and use of this database seems to be in the hands of economic actors, to the detriment of the State. She questions him about his intentions to reduce the density of animals, which appears, at first glance scientific elements available, as a significant risk factor, which generates numerous outbreaks. Finally, she asks him not to give in to those who want to lock up the poultry! Indeed, if the wildlife risk exists in terms of the introduction of the virus, it concerns both confined and open-air farms; moreover this risk can remain low provided that the density is reduced or the transport. Questioning the exemption from the confinement of poultry in buildings during winter will have no beneficial consequences. These farms, whose products are increasingly popular with consumers, are not intended to confine their animals. However, it is important to ensure that this exemption is not misused by farms wishing to increase their workforce. Proposing a building plan as a solution for managing the epidemic is wasting public money and effectively endangering the outdoors. This only allows us not to call into question the industrial model. She wants to know his opinion on the subject.

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