PARIS, March 22 (Reuters) - France has authorised some farmers to kill their poultry by asphyxia to stop a rapid spread of bird flu that has made it difficult for veterinary services to cope with ...

France imposed stricter controls to contain the contagious lumpy skin disease in cattle, saying the culling of entire infected herds was necessary to prevent the deaths of at least 1.5 million cows ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza , commonly called bird flu, has spread across Europe in a seasonal wave linked to migrating birds, though the impact has been less severe than in the United States, ...

PARIS-- France has detected a case of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, the agriculture ministry confirmed Friday. This is the first outbreak of the virus ...

FILE PHOTO: Shepherd Sapet walks with his flock of sheep near Les Diablerets PARIS (Reuters) - France will provide 75 million euros ($83 million) in aid for sheep farms hit by a fast-spreading virus, ...

PARIS (AFP) - France said on Tuesday (Sept 29) it planned to "gradually" ban mink farms in the country as well the use of wild animals in travelling circuses and the breeding of dolphins and orcas in ...