Cat euthanised after being infected with bird flu, a first in France The animal lived near a poultry farm in Mauléon, Deux-Sèvres in the west of the country
All farm poultry must be kept indoors as bird flu spreads in France Millions of birds have already been slaughtered, threatening egg production and farmer livelihoods
16,000 ducks slaughtered due to avian flu case in Brittany The case comes amid a major spread of the illness across poultry and wild birds in the region Bird flu in France: Growing epidemic affects food ingredient supply New measures brought in after seagulls die of bird flu in Normandy Egg prices to rise sharply in France as a result of bird flu epidemic
France announces bird flu support fund for stricken poultry farmers More than eight million birds have been culled in the department of Vendée alone, as an unprecedented strain of avian flu ‘massacres’ the western region