A first outbreak of contagious bovine lumpy skin disease (LCD) was confirmed on Saturday in the Jura, in a sector hitherto preserved, leading to the creation of a new restricted zone, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Sunday.
The detection of this focus in a herd of 93 cattle, “outside the regulated area defined until then, leads to the demarcation of a new regulated area where a mandatory vaccination campaign will be implemented, supported by the State,” the ministry explained in a statement.
The new regulated area is defined in a radius of 50 kilometers around this focus located in the town of Écleux (northwest of Jura), “covering part of the departments of Jura, Doubs, Côte-d’Or, Haute-Saône and Saône-et-Loire”, indicated the ministry.
“The epizootic outbreak in the first two regulated areas was able to be stopped thanks to the strategy adopted and deployed. It is absolutely appropriate that it continues and that all interested parties continue to invest fully in eradicating it completely,” adds the ministry.
More than 1,700 heads sacrificed
After its first appearance in Western Europe in June, in Sardinia, and then its spread in the north of the Alps, an outbreak of this disease not communicable to humans was detected in the Rhône in mid-September and another in Spain in early October, which led to the creation of a new surveillance area in southwestern France.
In addition to vaccination and limitation of movements, more than 1,700 animals were sacrificed in France, within the framework of a strategy of total sacrifice of contaminated homes highly questioned by the agricultural unions Rural Coordination and Confederation Paysanne.
Breeders are also waiting for answers from the State regarding compensation for production losses and not only for slaughtered animals. The FNSEA, for its part, requests a tax exemption for this compensation.
Source: BFM TV
